John Blakiston-Houston
John Blakiston-Houston DL JP (11 September 1829 – 27 February 1920) was an Irish Member of parliament.
Blakiston-Houston was the son of Richard Bayly Blakiston-Houston (d. 1857), of Orangefield, Co. Down, and his wife Mary Isabella Houston. He was a grandson of Sir Matthew Blakiston, 2nd Baronet. He married Marian Gertrude Streatfield, of Sussex (d. 1890) and had twelve children.[1]
John Blakiston-Houston was High Sheriff (1860) and Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of County Down. He also held the office of Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of County Down. Between 1898 and 1900 he was the Irish Unionist Member of parliament for North Down at Westminster.[1]
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Blakiston-Houston
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Thomas Waring |
Member of Parliament for Down, North 1898–1900 |
Succeeded by Thomas Lorimer Corbett |