John Chapman
JP DL (1810 – 18 July 1877)
was a British
Conservative Party politician who served for two three-year terms as the
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Great Grimsby
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Having unsuccessfully contested the
1859 general election in
Salisbury
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[Craig, p. 266] he was elected at a by-election in February 1862 as the MP for
Great Grimsby
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His majority was only 12 votes out of 1004, and an
election petition
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was lodged against his victory, but dismissed;
however he was defeated at the
1865 general election, when he also stood unsuccessfully in Salisbury.
He did not contest either seat in
1868
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, but at the
1874 general election he stood only in Great Grimsby, where he regained the seat. However, he died in office three years later, aged 67.
He was a
Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire and served as
High Sheriff of Cheshire
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in 1855,
and was chairman and later director of the
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where he was also lord of the manor of Hattersley and as such supported the residents of the area including presenting them with a free library.
See also
* Edward Chapman (politician and son of John Chapman)
References
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1810 births
1877 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1859–1865
UK MPs 1874–1880
High sheriffs of Cheshire
Deputy lieutenants of Cheshire
People from Ashton-under-Lyne
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Great Grimsby
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