John Nicholas Fazakerley (7 Mar 1787 – 16 July 1852)[1][2][3][4] was a British Whig[5] politician. He sat in the House of Commons for most of the period from 1812 to 1841.
He was elected at the 1812 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln,[6] and held the seat until the 1818 general election,[1] when he was returned for Great Grimsby.[7] He held that seat until the 1820 general election,[2] when was returned for Tavistock,[8] but he resigned his seat two months later, in May 1820,[3] by taking the Chiltern Hundreds.
Fazakerley returned to the Commons after a six-year absence when he was returned at the 1826 general election as MP for Lincoln.[9] He did not contest the seat at the 1830 election, but was returned at a by-election in 1830 as MP for the City of Peterborough.[10] He sat for Peterborough until the 1841 election,[4] when he retired from Parliament.[11]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Earl of Mexborough Richard Ellison |
Member of Parliament for Lincoln 1812 – 1818 With: Sir Henry Sullivan Coningsby Waldo-Sibthorpe |
Succeeded by Ralph Bernal Coningsby Waldo-Sibthorpe |
| Preceded by John Peter Grant Sir Robert Heron, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby 1818 – 1820 With: Charles Tennyson |
Succeeded by William Duncombe Charles Tennyson |
| Preceded by Lord John Russell John Peter Grant |
Member of Parliament for Tavistock March 1820 – May 1820 With: John Peter Grant |
Succeeded by Viscount Ebrington John Peter Grant |
| Preceded by John Williams Robert Percy Smith |
Member of Parliament for Lincoln 1826 – 1830 With: Colonel Sibthorp |
Succeeded by Colonel Sibthorp John Fardell |
| Preceded by Viscount Milton Sir Robert Heron, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Peterborough 1830 – 1841 With: Sir Robert Heron, Bt |
Succeeded by Hon. George Wentworth-FitzWilliam Sir Robert Heron, Bt |