British Whig politician
John Nicholas Fazakerley (7 March 1787 – 16 July 1852)[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] was a British Whig [ 5]
politician. He was Member of Parliament for Lincoln (1812–18), Great Grimsby (1818–20), Tavistock (1820), Lincoln again (1826–30) and City of Peterborough (1830–41).
Career
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]
Meeting with Napoleon
He met the Emperor of the French Napoleon with Lord John Russell on Elba in the winter of 1814.[ 12] [ 13]
References
^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
^ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 76, 201, 203– 204, 237 . ISBN 0-900178-13-2 .
^ "No. 16658" . The London Gazette . 13 October 1812. p. 2083.
^ "No. 17384" . The London Gazette . 1 August 1818. p. 1377.
^ Stooks Smith, page 76
^ "No. 18259" . The London Gazette . 17 June 1826. p. 1480.
^ "No. 18753" . The London Gazette . 3 December 1830. p. 2540.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 237. ISBN 0-900178-26-4 .
^ https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG139811 [bare URL ]
^ "FAZAKERLEY, John Nicholas (1787–1852), of West Hill, I.o.W. And Stoodleigh, Bampton, Devon | History of Parliament Online" .
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