John Stephenson (MP)

For other MPs of this name, see John Stephenson (disambiguation).

John Stephenson (c. 1709 – 17 April 1794) was an English merchant from Alston, Cumbria, and a Member of Parliament for various western boroughs from 1754 to 1755 and 1761 until his death in 1794.

He was a director of the British East India Company from 1765 to 1768, and had government victualling contracts in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland at the time of the American Revolution.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Thomas Clarke Arnold Nesbitt	Member of Parliament for Mitchell 1754–1755 With: Robert Clive	Succeeded by Simon Luttrell Richard Hussey
Preceded by Simon Luttrell Richard Hussey	Member of Parliament for Mitchell 1761–1780 With: James Scawen 1761–74 Thomas Howard 1774–79 Francis Hale 1779–80	Succeeded by Francis Hale William Hanger
Preceded by George Lane Parker Alexander Leith	Member of Parliament for Tregony 1780–1784 With: John Dawes	Succeeded by Lloyd Kenyon Robert Kingsmill
Preceded by Sir Ralph Payne James Archibald Stuart	Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle 1784–1790 With: Paul Trebuy Ourry 1784 John Pardoe 1784–90	Succeeded by Henry Lawes Luttrell Philip Metcalfe
Preceded by Robert Kingsmill Hugh Seymour-Conway	Member of Parliament for Tregony 1790–1794 With: Matthew Montagu	Succeeded by Matthew Montagu Robert Stewart