John Blackburne (Huddersfield MP)
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John Blackburne (1787 – 21 April 1837) was a British barrister and politician.
Born in Huddersfield, the son of Joseph Blackburne, he matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1805.[1] He became a bencher of the Middle Temple, and a King's Counsel. He was appointed as Chief Commissioner of the Corporation Inquiry. He stood in the 1834 Huddersfield by-election as a Whig, winning the seat. In Parliament, he supported a three-year maximum period between general elections, and opposed the Corn Laws. He held his seat until his death, in 1837.[2][3]