John Kirkman

'''John Kirkman''' (1741 – 19 September 1780)<ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|l|3|date=March 2012}}</ref> was an English politician.

At the general election in September 1780, Kirkman was elected as one of the 4 MPs for the City of London.<ref name="stooks-smith">{{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/210 210] }}</ref> However, he died on 19 September 1780,<ref name="rayment" /> the day when the polls closed.<ref name="stooks-smith" /> A by-election was held in November, which was won by John Sawbridge, one of the two MPs defeated in London at the general election.<ref name="stooks-smith" />

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{s-start}} {{s-par|gb}} {{s-bef | before = John Sawbridge | before2 = Richard Oliver | before3 = George Hayley | before4 = Frederick Bull }} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for the City of London | years = 1780 | with = George Hayley | with2 = Frederick Bull | with3 = Nathaniel Newnham }} {{s-aft | after = John Sawbridge | after2 = George Hayley | after3 = Frederick Bull | after4 = Nathaniel Newnham }} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkman, John}} Category:1741 births Category:1780 deaths Category:Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Category:Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for the City of London Category:British MPs 1780–1784 Category:Politicians elected posthumously