Sir John Key, 1st Baronet
Politician
1794 – 1858
Who was Sir John Key, 1st Baronet?
Sir John Key, 1st Baronet was a wholesale stationer and Whig politician in England.
He was elected Sheriff of the City of London in 1824 and Lord Mayor of London for two years, from 1830 to 1832.
He was elected at the 1832 general election as a Member of Parliament for the City of London, but resigned his seat on 12 August 1833 by taking the Chiltern Hundreds. During his parliamentary career he supported the abolition of slavery, the repeal of part of the assessed taxes, abrogation of the Corn Laws, the adoption of triennial parliaments and the vote by ballot.
He was made a baronet in 1831, of Thornbury and Denmark Hill.
He died at his home in Streatham on 15 July 1858 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.
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