John Blakiston-Houston Explained

John Blakiston-Houston
Office:Member of Parliament
for North Down
Term Start:7 December 1898
Term End:24 October 1900
Predecessor:Thomas Waring
Successor:Thomas Lorimer Corbett
Birth Date:11 September 1829
Party:Irish Unionist
Nationality:British
Spouse:Marian Streatfield
Children:12

John Blakiston-Houston DL JP (11 September 1829 – 27 February 1920) was an Irish Member of Parliament.

Blakiston-Houston was the son of Richard Bayly Blakiston-Houston (d. 1857), of Orangefield, County Down, and his wife Mary Isabella Houston. He was a grandson of Sir Matthew Blakiston, 2nd Baronet. He married Marian Gertrude Streatfield, of Sussex (d. 1890); the couple had twelve children.[1]

John Blakiston-Houston was High Sheriff (1860) and Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of County Down. He also held the office of Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of County Down. Between 1898 and 1900 he was the Irish Unionist Member of parliament for North Down at Westminster.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.thepeerage.com/p16191.htm Profile