John Nicholas Fazakerley

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]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
5. 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.
6. "No. 16658". The London Gazette. 13 October 1812. p. 2083.
7. "No. 17384". The London Gazette. 1 August 1818. p. 1377.
8. Stooks Smith, page 76
9. "No. 18259". The London Gazette. 17 June 1826. p. 1480.
10. "No. 18753". The London Gazette. 3 December 1830. p. 2540.
11. 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.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Nicholas Fazakerley

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl of Mexborough Richard Ellison	Member of Parliament for Lincoln 1812 – 1818 With: Sir Henry Sullivan Coningsby Waldo-Sibthorpe	Succeeded by Ralph Bernal Coningsby Waldo-Sibthorpe
Preceded by John Peter Grant Sir Robert Heron, Bt	Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby 1818 – 1820 With: Charles Tennyson	Succeeded by William Duncombe Charles Tennyson
Preceded by Lord John Russell John Peter Grant	Member of Parliament for Tavistock March 1820 – May 1820 With: John Peter Grant	Succeeded by Viscount Ebrington John Peter Grant
Preceded by John Williams Robert Percy Smith	Member of Parliament for Lincoln 1826 – 1830 With: Colonel Sibthorp	Succeeded by Colonel Sibthorp John Fardell
Preceded by Viscount Milton Sir Robert Heron, Bt	Member of Parliament for Peterborough 1830 – 1841 With: Sir Robert Heron, Bt	Succeeded by Hon. George Wentworth-FitzWilliam Sir Robert Heron, Bt