John Dent Dent

For other people named John Dent, see John Dent (disambiguation).

John Dent Dent (11 June 1826 – 22 December 1894) was a Liberal Party politician in England.

John Dent Dent was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Knaresborough from 1852 to 1857 and for Scarborough from 1857 to 1859 and from 1860 to 1874.

He was the father of the musicologist Edward Joseph Dent.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Dent Dent

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt and Earl of Mulgrave	Member of Parliament for Scarborough 1857–1859 With: Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt	Succeeded by Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt William Denison
Preceded by Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt and William Denison	Member of Parliament for Scarborough 1860–1874 With: Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt, to 1869 Sir Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt, from 1869	Succeeded by Sir Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt and Sir Charles Legard, Bt
Business positions
Preceded by George Leeman	Chairman of the North Eastern Railway 1880–1894	Succeeded by Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease, Bart