About John Angerstein
Lived 1774 – 1858 (aged 83–84). John Angerstein was a British politician.
John Angerstein (c. 1774 – 8 April 1858) was an English Whig politician from Blackheath, London.
He was one of the three people nominated in November 1829 to be the High Sheriff of Kent for 1830–31, but the King picked Edward Rice instead. He was nevertheless appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1831–32, when he lived at Weeting Hall.
He was re-elected to Parliament at the 1835 general election as an MP for Greenwich, having previously contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1832. He decided not to defend the seat at the 1837 general election,
He died in 1858. He had married Amelia, the daughter of William Locke of Norbury Park, Surrey, with whom he had three sons and two daughters.
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British politician (1774-1858)
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John Angerstein was born in 1774.
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John Angerstein died on 8 April 1858.
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John Angerstein was a politician.
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· DBpedia: John Angerstein (MP)
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