{{Short description|British politician (1774–1858)}} {{for|his father, the Chairman of Lloyd's of London and art collector|John Julius Angerstein}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder |name=John Angerstein |image=SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. AND STUDIO - PORTRAIT OF JOHN ANGERSTEIN, MP (1773 - 1858).jpg |caption=Portrait by Thomas Lawrence, {{circa|1829}} |parliament=United Kingdom |constituency_MP=Greenwich |term_start=January 1835 |term_end=17 July 1837 |alongside=Edward George Barnard |predecessor=James Dundas |successor=M. Wolverley Attwood |constituency_MP2=Camelford |term_start2=May 1796 |term_end2=29 June 1802 |alongside2=William Joseph Denison |predecessor2= |successor2= |birth_date={{circa|1774}} |death_date={{death date|1858|04|08|df=y}} |party=Whig |spouse={{marriage|Amelia Locke|2 October 1799}} |children=5, including William |father=John Julius Angerstein |mother=Anne Muilman |occupation={{hlist|Politician}} }} '''John Angerstein''' (''c.'' 1774 – 8 April 1858) was an English Whig politician from Blackheath, London.<ref name="stooks-smith-greenwich">{{cite book |last=Stooks Smith |first=Henry |editor=Craig, F. W. S. |editor-link=F. W. S. Craig |title=The Parliaments of England |orig-date=1844-1850 |edition=2nd |year=1973 |publisher=Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn=0-900178-13-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/164 164] }}</ref><ref name="gazette-1835" />
He was the only son of John Julius Angerstein, who had moved to London from Russia and made his fortune as a Lloyds underwriter.
He was elected at the 1796 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for borough of Camelford in Cornwall, holding the seat until the 1802 general election, when he left Parliament.<ref>Stooks Smith, page 382</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/angerstein-john-1774-1858|title=ANGERSTEIN, John (?1774-1858), of Woodlands, Kent.|publisher= History of Parliament Online|accessdate= 11 May 2016}}</ref>
He was one of the three people nominated in November 1829 to be the High Sheriff of Kent for 1830–31,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 18628 |date= 13 November 1829 |page=2086 }}</ref> but the King picked Edward Rice instead.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 18652 |pages=257–258 |date= 2 February 1830 }}</ref> He was nevertheless appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk for 1831–32,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=18772|pages=194–195|date=1 February 1831}}</ref> when he lived at Weeting Hall.<ref>[http://www.weeting-history.org.uk/angerstein.html The Angerstein Dynasty: Owners of Weeting Hall 1808 - 1901] Retrieved 2016-11-05.</ref>
He was re-elected to Parliament at the 1835 general election as an MP for Greenwich,<ref name="gazette-1835">{{London Gazette |issue= 19235 |date= 3 February 1835 |page=193 }}</ref> having previously contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1832.<ref name="craig1832-1885">{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |author-link= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 |orig-date=1977 |edition= 2nd |year=1989 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-26-4 |page=9 }}</ref> He decided not to defend the seat at the 1837 general election,<ref name="craig1832-1885" /> choosing instead to stand for Eastern Surrey. He failed to win that seat however.<ref>Craig, page 465</ref>
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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{{s-start}} {{s-par|gb}} {{s-bef | before = Lord William Bentinck | before2 = William Smith }} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Camelford | years = 1796–1800 | with = William Joseph Denison }} {{s-aft | after = Parliament of the United Kingdom }} {{s-par|uk}}
{{s-bef | before = Parliament of Great Britain }} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Camelford | years = 1801–1802 | with = William Joseph Denison }} {{s-aft | after = Robert Adair | after2 = John Fonblanque }} {{s-bef | before = James Dundas | before2 = Edward George Barnard }} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Greenwich | years = 1835–1837 | with = Edward George Barnard }} {{s-aft | after = Edward George Barnard | after2 = Matthias Wolverley Attwood }} {{s-hon}} {{s-bef | before=Hon. George Milles}} {{s-ttl | title=High Sheriff of Norfolk | years=1831}} {{s-aft | after=William Lyde Wiggett Chute}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}
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