Sir John Bedford Burman, JP (6 October 1867 – 4 March 1941) was Conservative MP for Birmingham Duddeston. A sometime journalist, he was elected in 1923, re-elected in 1924, but lost the seat to Labour in 1929. He was then Lord Mayor of

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

from 1931 to 1932. He received a knighthood in the Birthday Honours for 1936.John Burman, FRHistS, ''The Burman Chronicle: The Story of a Warwickshire Family'' (Birmingham: Cornish Brothers Limited, 1940), p. 87. His son, John Charles Burman, was Lord Mayor of Birmingham from 1947 to 1949.

References

* *Craig, F.W.S. ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1945'' *''

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'', 1924 to 1931 editions

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* Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Lord mayors of Birmingham, West Midlands 1867 births 1941 deaths British newspaper journalists Knights Bachelor English justices of the peace {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1860s-stub