John Kingston (1736–1820)

John Kingston (1736–1820) was an Irish wine merchant in Porto and London, and Member of Parliament for Lymington from 1802 to 1814.[1]

Lymington was a two-member close borough controlled by Sir Harry Burrard. When Burrard stepped down in December 1802, Kingston took over his seat without a contest. After Burrard died in 1813, the constituency fell into the hands of his brother George. Kingston gave up the seat in 1814.[2]

Kingston was an abolitionist. He joined the Sierra Leone Company in 1791, as one of its early directors.[1] He was the owner of Claremont plantation in British Guiana.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Kingston, John (1736-1820), of 52 Lower Grosvenor Street, Mdx. and Oak Hill, East Barnet, Herts". historyofparliamentonline.org.
  2. ^ "Lymington 1790-1820, History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  3. ^ "John Kingston MP 1736-1820, Legacies of British Slavery". ucl.ac.uk.
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