John Wesley Brown
John Wesley Brown, JP (1873 – 8 November 1944)[1] was Conservative Party member of the UK House of Commons for Middlesbrough East between the general elections of 1922 and 1923. He later unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1929.
A businessman, Brown was chairman of Hanson, Brown and Company Limited, general merchants and shipbrokers, Middlesbrough and Newcastle-on-Tyne. He was also director of various local companies. He was one of the founders of the Chartered Institute of Shipbrokers.
Brown was mayor of Middlesbrough for 1932–1933, a member of the town council and chairman of its finance committee, as well as chairman of its education committee. He was a member of The Tees Conservancy Commission and of the Tees Pilotage Commission. He was a vice-consul for Argentina.
He was a JP for Middlesbrough.
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