John Stephenson

Male, Deceased Person

1709 – 1794

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Who was John Stephenson?

John Stephenson was a British merchant from Brentford, Middlesex, and a Member of Parliament for various western boroughs from 1754 to 1755 and 1761 until his death in 1794.

He was a director of the British East India Company from 1765 to 1768, and had government victualling contracts in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland at the time of the American Revolution.

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Born
1709
Died
Apr 17, 1794

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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