John Hungerford (MP)

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John Hungerford (c. 1658 – 8 June 1729) was an English politician and lawyer. He was Member of Parliament for Scarborough from 1692 to 1695 (when he was expelled for receiving a bribe), 1702 to 1705, and from 1707 until his death. He was legal counsel for the East India Company, and also defended several of those accused of being Jacobites in the years following the Rebellion of 1715.

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• Concise Dictionary of National Biography (1930)
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

Parliament of England
Preceded by William Thompson and Francis Thompson	Member of Parliament for Scarborough with Francis Thompson 1689–1693, The Viscount of Irvine 1693–1701 1692–1695	Succeeded by The Viscount of Irvine and Sir Charles Hotham, Bt.
Preceded by Sir Charles Hotham, Bt. and William Thompson	Member of Parliament for Scarborough with William Thompson 1702–1705	Succeeded by Robert Squire and William Thompson
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Robert Squire and William Thompson	Member of Parliament for Scarborough with William Thompson, to 1722; Sir William Strickland, Bt., from 1722 1707–1729	Succeeded by Sir William Strickland, Bt. William Thompson