Constituency : Great Yarmouth 1857-9, Nottingham 1859-61
John was a Unitarian barrister born in Oldham but raised in Leicester where his father became mayor. He was educated at Oxford. He stood for Warwick unsuccessfully in 1852 and got in for Great Yarmouth in 1857 after having been beaten at Coventry where he tried to unseat Joseph Paxton on a spurious charge that he was pro-Russian.
John switched to Nottingham in 1859 but resigned after two years due to his appointment to the Queen's Bench. During his short tenure he spoke frequently on legal and religious matters.
As a judge John was said to amuse juries with his dry humour. His most famous case was the Tichborne Affair , an imposture case.
He retired in 1879 and died eight years later at the age of 78.
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