Tuesday 21 May 2013
154 John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone
Constituency : Yorkshire 1830-2, Scarborough 1832-5, 1835-7 1841-57 ( Conservative ), 1857-69
John was a Yorkshire baronet educated at Rugby and Cambridge. He was a major in the West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry. He was another protégé of Earl Fitzwilliam and was first elected in a by-election after the elevation of Henry Brougham to the peerage in 1830. Brougham's supporters were not enthusiastic about him and he faced a token challenge after expressing doubts about the desirability of the secret ballot. He was unopposed after enthusiastically backing the First Reform Act, in 1831. In 1835 he defected from the Whigs to the Conservatives and paid the price for it by losing his seat at the next election. He recovered it in 1841 and held it until his death despite rejoining the Liberal camp in 1857.
John was married to the Archbishop of York's daughter.
John was a shareholder in the New River Company and most of his few parliamentary interventions were on the Metropolis Water Supply Bill in 1851-2.
He died in 1869 aged 69 after falling from his horse while hunting and was succeeded by his son Harcourt.
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