John Edmund Severne was an English Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1885.

Severne was the son of John Michael Severne of Wallop Hall, Shrewsbury and his wife Anna Maria Wigley daughter of Edmund Wigley  of Shakenhurst Worcestershire and MP for Worcester. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford

Brasenose College, Oxford

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 where he rowed for the Brasenose eight in the university eights in 1846 and graduated in 1848. He joined the 10th Hussars in 1849 and became a lieutenant in 1852. He transferred to the 16th Lancers and retired as a captain in 1857. He was a J.P.

Justice of the Peace

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 for Montgomeryshire and was High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire

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 in 1854. He was also a JP and Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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 of Shropshire and Northamptonshire and was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire

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 in 1861.

In 1865 Severne was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Ludlow

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 and held the seat until 1868 when the representation was reduced to one member. At the 1868 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1868

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 Severne was elected MP for South Shropshire

South Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He held the seat until 1885.

Severne died at the age of 72.

Severne married Florence Morgan Tighe, daughter of Very Rev. Hugh Usher Tighe, dean of Derry in 1858.

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