John Blencowe | |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Lewes |
Term Start: | 16 January 1860 |
Term End: | 13 July 1865 |
Alongside: | Henry Brand |
Predecessor: | Henry FitzRoy Henry Brand |
Successor: | Henry Brand Walter Pelham |
Birth Date: | 28 February 1817 |
Nationality: | British |
Party: | Liberal |
Parents: | Robert Willis Blencowe Charlotte Elizabeth Poole |
John George Blencowe (28 February 1817 – 28 April 1900) was a British Liberal Party politician.[1]
Blencowe was the son of Robert Willis Blencowe and Charlotte Elizabeth Poole.[2] He married Frances Campion, daughter of William John Campion (the younger) and Frances Read Kemp, in July 1857. Together they had eight children:[1]
He was elected MP for Lewes at a by-election in 1860 but stood down at the next election in 1865.[3]
Blencowe was also a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Sussex.[1]