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

He was born John Dent Trickett, the eldest son of Leeds merchant Joseph Trickett, who had changed his surname to Dent (his mother's maiden name) in 1834 after inheriting Ribston Hall between Wetherby and Knaresborough in Yorkshire.

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. From 1880 to 1894 he was Chairman of the North Eastern Railway Company Board of Directors; significantly he took part in the Railway Inspectorate enquiry into the Thirsk Railway Collision of 1892, and when Signalman Holmes left the enquiry in tears, it was Dent who followed him out of the room to console him.

Dent's five sons included the musicologist Edward Joseph Dent.

References

  1. "A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland". 1879. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. "John Dent Dent (DNT843JD)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. "Shields Daily Gazette". 5 November 1892.
  4. "DENT, John (?1761-1826), of Clapham, Surr.; Cockerham, Lancs.; and Barton Cottage, nr. Christchurch, Hants". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

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Preceded bySir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt and
Earl of Mulgrave 		Member of Parliament for Scarborough
1857–1859
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William Denison
Preceded bySir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt and
William Denison 		Member of Parliament for Scarborough
1860–1874
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Preceded byGeorge Leeman Chairman of the North Eastern Railway
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