Constituency : North Derbyshire 1880-85, Stalybridge 1905-10
John made it a double Liberal victory in North Derbyshire.
John was the son of the cotton mill owner and MP for South Lancashire of the same name. John had been in charge of the family business since the 1870s. He was a Congregationalist. He was a director of the District Bank and the Ashton Gas Company.
When the North Derbyshire seat was abolished John switched to the new High Peak seat but was defeated by 9 votes. He contested the seat again in 1892 and then Bury in 1895.
John provided Stalybridge with its public library which opened in 1901. He built a new sunday school opposite it four years later.
John was finally elected for his hometown seat in a by-election in 1905 at the age of 70. He stood down in January 1910.
John regularly travelled in the Alps and Himalayas.
He died in 1916 aged 80. He left his home Eastwood House and his art collection to the town.
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