John Collett (1798 – 28 November 1856)
was an
Irish Whig politician.
He was elected Whig MP for at a
by-election in 1843—caused by the previous poll being declared void—and held the seat until 1847 when he did not seek re-election.
His father,
Ebenezer John Collett, was also
Tory
A Tory () is a person who holds a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism, which upholds the supremacy of social order as it has evolved in the English culture throughout history. Th ...
MP for from 1814 to 1818, and then from 1819 to 1830. He was also brother of
William Rickford Collett, MP for from 1841 to 1847.
Collett was a member of the
Reform Club,
Union Club,
Portland Club and Graham's Club.
He committed suicide by shooting himself in the library of his home, Arnewood House, near Salisbury in December 1856.
He was buried with his first wife Emma in a tomb in
Kensal Green Cemetery. It was
listed Grade II on the
National Heritage List for England in 2001.
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UK MPs 1841–1847
Whig (British political party) MPs for Irish constituencies
1798 births
1856 deaths
1850s suicides
Suicides by firearm in England
Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery
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