Constituency : Wigan 1868-74
John took the second seat at Wigan from the Tories.
John was a coal owner and iron master. He was briefly involved in the American Civil War when his yacht Deerhound rescued the captain and some crew from the sinking Alabama in 1864 and took them to England rather than surrender them to the Union captain. He stood unsuccessfully in 1865.
John stepped down in 1874 to devote more time to his business which was just as well as he was almost bankrupt by the time of his death.
He died in 1884 aged 69.
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