Constituency : Montrose Burghs 1885-96
John took over at Montrose after the retirement of William Baxter. He defeated both a Conservative and an Independent Liberal challenger.
John was a merchants's son educated at Brechin Grammar School and King's College London. He became a barrister.
John was a strong supporter of Gladstone . He protested at the military expedition against the crofters.
John resigned his seat in 1896 to allow John Morley back into Parliament after his defeat in Newcastle.
John wrote the doubtless scintillating The Law Relating to Electric Lighting.
He died in 1910 aged 70.
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