John Baynes Garforth

John Baynes Garforth[1] was a British Tory politician for a Cumberland constituency.[2]

He was M.P. for Cockermouth from 1780 to 1784; Haslemere from 1784 to 1790[3] and Cockermouth from 1790 and 1800.

Notes
  1. National Archives
  2. "The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847" (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
  3. History of Parliament on line
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