John Lister (died 1616)
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John Lister was an English lead merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons
in 1601
Lister was a lead merchant of Hull and in about 1590 he purchased a plot of land on the High Street overlooking the River Hull
. He was a member of Hull Corporation and became an alderman and was mayor of Hull in 1592. Lister was elected Member of Parliament
for Kingston upon Hull (Hull)
in 1601.
Lister died in 1616 and was buried in Holy Trinity Church in Hull.
Lister married Anne Gayton, daughter of Robert Gayton. Their son John
was also MP for Hull.
The house of the Lister family is now a museum known as the Wilberforce House
Museum.
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
in 1601
Lister was a lead merchant of Hull and in about 1590 he purchased a plot of land on the High Street overlooking the River Hull
River Hull
The River Hull is a navigable river in the East Riding of Yorkshire in the north of England. It rises from a series of springs to the west of Driffield, and enters the Humber estuary at Kingston upon Hull. Following a period when the Archbishops of York charged tolls for its use, it became a free...
. He was a member of Hull Corporation and became an alderman and was mayor of Hull in 1592. Lister was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Kingston upon Hull (Hull)
Kingston upon Hull (UK Parliament constituency)
Kingston upon Hull, often simply referred to as Hull, was a parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire, electing two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1305 until 1885...
in 1601.
Lister died in 1616 and was buried in Holy Trinity Church in Hull.
Lister married Anne Gayton, daughter of Robert Gayton. Their son John
John Lister (died 1640)
John Lister 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. Lister succeeded his father and became mayor of Hull in 1618 and was elected Member of...
was also MP for Hull.
The house of the Lister family is now a museum known as the Wilberforce House
Wilberforce House
Wilberforce House is the birth place of William Wilberforce, the famous abolitionist, and is located in High Street, Kingston upon Hull, England. Like the nearby Blaydes House and Maister House, it was formerly a Merchant's house with access to quayside on the River Hull...
Museum.