John Trotter (MP) explained

John Trotter
Office:Member of Parliament
for
Term Start:31 July 1840
Term End:6 August 1847
Predecessor:William Joseph Denison
George Perceval
Successor:William Joseph Denison
Henry Drummond
Alongside:William Joseph Denison
Birth Date:1780
Birth Place:London, England
Death Date:31 August 1856
Death Place:Horton Place, Epsom,[1] Surrey
Residence:Horton Place, Epsom, Surrey
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative

John Trotter (died 1856)[2] was a British Conservative politician.[3]

He was elected Conservative MP for at a by-election in 1840 caused by the succession of George Perceval to the peerage. He held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election.[3] [4]

He died on 31 August 1856, aged 77 at the family home, Horton Manor, Epsom.[5]

Notes and References

  1. 1870-72, John Marius Wilson:Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales recited at Vision of Britain (website of University of Portsmouth and others) http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26824
  2. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "S" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 3 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180629155735/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons6.htm. 29 June 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017 .
  3. Book: Stooks Smith . Henry . The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive . 1845 . Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. . London . 65 . . 18 August 2018.
  4. 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. 468.
  5. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, September 3, 1856, Issue 22463, p.1