Constituency : Penryn and Falmouth 1841-7, Bodmin 1857-9, Truro 1865-71
John took Truro from the Tories for his third and final stint in Parliament.
John was the brother of Baron Vivian. The family fortune was in copper mining. He was educated at Eton before joining the 11th Hussars as a cornet. He rose to the rank of captain before retiring in 1842. He had switched to Truro for the 1859 election but was unsuccessful.
John was appointed a whip in 1868.
Unusually John swapped the Commons for the civil service, becoming Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War in 1871. The Tories won the by-election.
He died in 1879 aged 60.
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