John Dennistoun Explained

John Dennistoun
Office:Member of Parliament
for
Term Start:27 May 1837
Term End:31 July 1847
Predecessor:James Oswald
William Bentinck
Successor:John MacGregor
Alexander Hastie
Alongside:William Bentinck (1837–1839)
James Oswald (1839–1847)
Birth Date:1803
Nationality:British
Party:Whig

John Dennistoun (19 March 1803 – 9 September 1870)[1] was a British Whig politician and banker.[2]

A member of Brooks's, he was elected Whig MP for at a by-election in 1837—caused by the resignation of James Oswald—and held the seat until 1847 when he was defeated.[2] [3]

His wife Frances was the daughter of Sir Henry Onslow. His brother Alexander Dennistoun was Whig MP for from 1835 to 1837.[2] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "G" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 16 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180804122909/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Gcommons1.htm. 4 August 2018 . usurped . 23 June 2018 .
  2. Web site: John Dennistoun . History of Parliament after 1832 . 16 August 2019.
  3. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. 546.
  4. Book: MacLehose, James . 26. Alex Dennistoun. Memoirs and portraits of one hundred Glasgow men. 1886. James MacLehose & Sons.