John Lister (1587 – 1640) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1640.
Lister was the son of John Lister, a lead merchant of Hull who was mayor and MP for the town.[1]
Lister succeeded his father and in 1618 also became Mayor of Hull and in 1621 was also elected Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull (Hull). He was re-elected in subsequent elections until King Charles I decided to rule without parliament in 1629.[2] In 1629 Lister was again mayor of Hull and was knighted in 1632. In 1639 Lister entertained King Charles to a sumptuous dinner at his house in High Street.[1]
In April 1640, Lister was re-elected MP for Hull in the Short Parliament and was re-elected in November 1640 for the Long Parliament. However he died in December.[2]
Lister funded a hospital, which opened in 1641, for twelve elderly people, with rooms for a lecturer.[3]
The house of the Lister family is now a museum known as the Wilberforce House Museum.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Hull City Council - Hull Museums Collection - The Lister family
- ^ a b Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
- ^ Huish - Hulme-Walfield, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 574-580. Date accessed: 25 January 2011