John Miles

John William Miles (21 June 1817 – 5 November 1878) was a British Conservative politician and briefly MP. At the ensuing general election, Miles again stood for parliament but was unsuccessful.

He was director, at one time vice-chairman, of the Great Western Railway, a director of the Great Western Cotton Company, South Wales Union railway, and director of the Great Western Steamship Co; the SS Great Britain was registered in is co-ownership. He had been a member of the Bristol Docks committee and on the city’s council.

Miles was the third son of former Bristol MP Philip John Miles and was educated at both Eton College and Oxford University. During his life, he was also a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Herefordshire. He was a member of the Carlton having been fast-tracked to membership upon election. He died unmarried in 1878.