John Stephenson (MP)
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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.[1]
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Mitchell 1754–1755 With: Robert Clive |
Succeeded by Simon Luttrell Richard Hussey |
Preceded by | 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 | Member of Parliament for Tregony 1780–1784 With: John Dawes |
Succeeded by Lloyd Kenyon Robert Kingsmill |
Preceded by | 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 | Member of Parliament for Tregony 1790–1794 With: Matthew Montagu |
Succeeded by Matthew Montagu Robert Stewart |
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