John Angerstein (MP) explained

John Angerstein
Parliament:United Kingdom
Constituency Mp:Greenwich
Term Start:January 1835
Term End:17 July 1837
Alongside:Edward George Barnard
Predecessor:James Dundas
Successor:M. Wolverley Attwood
Constituency Mp2:Camelford
Term Start2:May 1796
Term End2:29 June 1802
Alongside2:William Joseph Denison
Party:Whig
Children:5, including William
Father:John Julius Angerstein

John Angerstein (c. 1774 – 8 April 1858) was an English Whig politician from Blackheath, London.[1]

He was the only son of John Julius Angerstein, who had moved to London from Russia and made his fortune as a Lloyds underwriter.

He was elected at the 1796 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for borough of Camelford in Cornwall, holding the seat until the 1802 general election, when he left Parliament.[2] [3]

He was one of the three people nominated in November 1829 to be the High Sheriff of Kent for 1830–31, but the King picked Edward Rice instead. He was nevertheless appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1831–32, when he lived at Weeting Hall.[4]

He was re-elected to Parliament at the 1835 general election as an MP for Greenwich,having previously contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1832.[5] He decided not to defend the seat at the 1837 general election, choosing instead to stand for Eastern Surrey. He failed to win that seat however.[6]

He died in 1858. He had married Amelia, the daughter of William Locke of Norbury Park, Surrey, with whom he had three sons and two daughters.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Stooks Smith , Henry . Craig, F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig . . 1844-1850 . 2nd . 1973 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-13-2 . 164 .
  2. Stooks Smith, page 382
  3. Web site: ANGERSTEIN, John (?1774-1858), of Woodlands, Kent.. History of Parliament Online. 11 May 2016.
  4. http://www.weeting-history.org.uk/angerstein.html The Angerstein Dynasty: Owners of Weeting Hall 1808 - 1901
  5. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 . 1977 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-26-4 . 9.
  6. Craig, page 465