John Blakiston-Houston

John Blakiston-Houston DL JP (11 September 1829 – 27 February 1920) was an Irish Member of Parliament.

John Blakiston-Houston
Member of Parliament
for North Down
In office
7 December 1898  24 October 1900
Preceded byThomas Waring
Succeeded byThomas Lorimer Corbett
Personal details
Born(1829-09-11)11 September 1829
Died27 February 1920(1920-02-27) (aged 90)
NationalityBritish
Political partyIrish Unionist
SpouseMarian Streatfield
Children12

Blakiston-Houston was the son of Richard Bayly Blakiston-Houston (d. 1857), of Orangefield, County 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); the couple 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

  1. Profile, thepeerage.com; accessed 28 March 2016.
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