Constituency : Southport 1906-18
John took Southport from the Tories.
John was an accountant's son from Broughton, Salford. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Oxford. He became a barrister. He was a specialist in patent law.
John made a few contributions to Parliament on legal issues.
John stood down in January 1910.
John was knighted in 1913 when he became a High Court judge. He gave a injunction in favour of the National Sailors and Firemens' Union during the General Strike in 1926.
John retired in 1929 when he became blind.
He died in 1939 aged 79.
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