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John Studholme Brownrigg

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John Studholme Brownrigg (17 March 1786[1] – 1853)[2] was an English merchant and British Conservative Party politician.[3] He sat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1847.[4]

The son of John Studholme Brownrigg,[3] he married Elizabeth Rebecca Cassamaijor in 1812.[1] Brownrigg was a London merchant and was partner in Charles Cockerill & Co. He was a director of the Royal Bank of Australasia and deputy governor of the Australian Agricultural Company.[3]

Brownrigg was an unsuccessful candidate for the borough of Boston in the 1832 general election. He was elected in the 1835 election and was reelected in the 1837 and 1841 elections.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. 1885. p. 182.
  2. ^ Gladstone, William Ewart (1969). The Gladstone Diaries: 1825-1832 : 1833-1839. p. 227. ISBN 0198213700.
  3. ^ a b c Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (1847). Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Vol. Volume 15. p. 153. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  4. ^ a b Thompson, Pishey (1856). The History and Antiquities of Boston: And the Villages of Skirbeck, Fishtoft, Freiston, Butterwick, Benington, Leverton, Leake, and Wrangle; Comprising the Hundred of Skirbeck, in the County of Lincoln. p. 453.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Boston
18351847
With: John Wilks 1835–37
Sir James Duke 1837–49
Succeeded by