John Blencowe

John George Blencowe was a British Liberal Party politician.

Family

Blencowe was the son of Robert Willis Blencowe and Charlotte Elizabeth Poole. He married Frances Campion, daughter of William John Campion and Frances Read Kemp, in July 1857. Together they had eight children:

Robert Campion Blencowe
John Ingham Blencowe
William Poole Blencowe
Florence Charlotte Blencowe
Harriet Blencowe
Frances Isabel Blencowe
Mary Blencowe
Elizabeth Penelope Blencowe

Political career

He was elected MP for Lewes at a by-election in 1860 but stood down at the next election in 1865.

Other activities

Blencowe was also a justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant for Sussex.