John Stephenson (c.1709 – 17 April 1794) was a British merchant from Brentford, Middlesex, 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]
References
- ^ Greene, Jack P. (July 1975). "Social Structure and Political Behavior in Revolutionary America: John Day's Remarks on American Affairs". The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser. 32 (3): 487. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0043-5597%28197507%293%3A32%3A3%3C481%3ASSAPBI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M. Retrieved 2007-01-11.
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| Preceded by Thomas Clarke Arnold Nesbitt |
Member of Parliament for Mitchell with Robert Clive 1754–1755 |
Succeeded by Simon Luttrell Richard Hussey |
| Preceded by Simon Luttrell Richard Hussey |
Member of Parliament for Mitchell with James Scawen 1761–1774 Thomas Howard 1774–1779 Francis Hale 1779–1780 1761–1780 |
Succeeded by Francis Hale William Hanger |
| Preceded by George Lane Parker Alexander Leith |
Member of Parliament for Tregony with John Dawes 1780–1784 |
Succeeded by Lloyd Kenyon Robert Kingsmill |
| Preceded by Sir Ralph Payne James Archibald Stuart |
Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle with Paul Trebuy Ourry 1784 John Pardoe 1784–1790 1784–1790 |
Succeeded by Henry Lawes Luttrell Philip Metcalfe |
| Preceded by Robert Kingsmill Hugh Seymour-Conway |
Member of Parliament for Tregony with Matthew Montagu 1790–1794 |
Succeeded by Matthew Montagu Robert Stewart |
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