John Locke (MP)

John Locke (1805 – 28 January 1880)^[1] was an English barrister, author and Liberal Party politician.

The only son of John Locke, a surveyor of Herne Hill, he was educated at Dulwich College. Reading law at Trinity College, Cambridge, he left with an MA in 1832 and was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple in 1833. ^[2]

Between 1845 to 1857 he was a common pleader of the City of London, and counsel to the Inland Revenue. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Southwark at the general election in April 1857, and held the seat until his death.^[3] He was mainly active in causes for the working class and local government, introducing a bill that give witnesses in criminal cases the right to affirm as in civil cases.

He died in February 1880 and was buried in the catacombs at West Norwood Cemetery.

Notes and references

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
^ Locke, John in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 16–17. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

Sources

Locke, John (1805–1880), J. A. Hamilton, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Locke

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Apsley Pellatt Sir Charles Napier	Member of Parliament for Southwark 1857 – 1880 With: Sir Charles Napier to 1860 Austen Henry Layard 1860–1870 Francis Beresford from 1870	Succeeded by Edward George Clarke Francis Beresford

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Date of birth	1805
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Date of death	28 January 1880
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