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John Easthope

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He married, first, 4 August 1807, Ann, daughter of Jacob Stokes of Leopard House, Worcester; secondly, 19 September 1843, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Colonel William Skyring, R.A., and widow of Major John Longley, R.A., who died on 23 January 1865. His daughter Louisa married Andrew Doyle, editor
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was employed as a Parliamentary reporter in 1834, and he led a short, successful strike against Easthope in February 1836 over the terms of employment of his journalists. Easthope was known as a difficult employer, with the nickname 'Blast-hope'. Dickens left his employ in November 1836 to edit
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Easthope was originally a clerk in a provincial bank, and came to London to push his fortune. In 1818, in partnership with Mr. Allen, he became a stockbroker at 9 Exchange Buildings,
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on 29 October 1784, was the eldest son of barge master Thomas Easthope by Elizabeth, daughter of John Leaver of Overbury, Worcestershire. The Easthope family had been long settled at
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in the Whig interest on 9 June 1821, but was elected and sat for that borough from 1826 to 1830. In 1831 he was returned for
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He died at his home Fir Grove, near Weybridge, Surrey, on 11 December 1865 and was buried at the family vault in
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unsuccessfully. He spoke in the house with great ease, and usually with much effect, but only on the
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in 1834 for £16,500, and sold his interest in the paper on his retirement from parliament in 1847.
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from 1837 until his retirement from parliamentary life in 1847, when he contested
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MP (29 October 1784 – 11 December 1865) was a politician and journalist.
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Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
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and other questions with which he was well acquainted.
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"Easthope, John (1784-1865)"
The History of Parliament Trust
"No. 20010"

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