708 John Lush

Constituency : Salisbury  1868-80

John  took  over  from  Matthew  Marsh  at  Salisbury.

John  was  educated  at  St  Andrews  University. He  became  a  doctor, was  a  member  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians  and  a  proprietor  of  a  lunatic  asylum. He  was   mayor  of  Salisbury  in  1866.

In  1871 and  1879  John  introduced   bills  to  reform  the  general  Medical  Council.

John  stepped  down  for  health  reasons  in  1880.

He  died  in  1888  aged  73.