836 John Roberts

Constituency : Flint  Boroughs  1878 - 92

John  took  over  at  Flint  Boroughs  after  the  death  of  Peter  Eyton.

John  was  the  son  of   a  Welsh  timber  merchant  operating  from  Liverpool. He  was  educated  at  Brighton. He  built  a  big  mansion  near  Abergele.

John  was  a   Calvinistic  Methodist  who  spoke  for  the  Burial  Law  Amendment  Bill  in  1879. He  supported  the  Sunday  closing  of  public  houses  in  Wales.

In  1884  John  became  the  Honorary  Treasurer  of  the  fledgling  Bangor  University.

John  stepped  down  in  1892.

He  died  in  1894  aged  58. His  son  John  became  an  MP  and  later  Baron  Clwyd.