John Angerstein (MP)
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John Angerstein | |
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.jpg) Portrait by Thomas Lawrence, c. 1829 | |
| Member of Parliament for Greenwich | |
| In office January 1835 – 17 July 1837 | |
| Preceded by | James Dundas |
| Succeeded by | M. Wolverley Attwood |
| Member of Parliament for Camelford | |
| In office May 1796 – 29 June 1802 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1774 |
| Died | 8 April 1858 |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse |
Amelia Locke (m. 1799) |
| Children | 5, including William |
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John Angerstein (c. 1774 – 8 April 1858) was an English Whig politician from Blackheath, London.[1][2]
He was the only son of John Julius Angerstein, who had moved to London from Russia and made his fortune as a Lloyds underwriter.
He was elected at the 1796 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for borough of Camelford in Cornwall, holding the seat until the 1802 general election, when he left Parliament.[3][4]
He was one of the three people nominated in November 1829 to be the High Sheriff of Kent for 1830–31,[5] but the King picked Edward Rice instead.[6] He was nevertheless appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1831–32,[7] when he lived at Weeting Hall.[8]
He was re-elected to Parliament at the 1835 general election as an MP for Greenwich,[2] having previously contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1832.[9] He decided not to defend the seat at the 1837 general election,[9] choosing instead to stand for Eastern Surrey. He failed to win that seat however.[10]
He died in 1858. He had married Amelia, the daughter of William Locke of Norbury Park, Surrey, with whom he had three sons and two daughters.
