John Blakiston-Houston
John Blakiston-Houston DL JP was an Irish Member of parliament.
Blakiston-Houston was the son of Richard Bayly Blakiston-Houston, of Orangefield, County Down, and his wife Mary Isabella Houston. He was a grandson of Sir Matthew Blakiston, 2nd Baronet. He married Marian Gertrude Streatfield, of Sussex ; the couple had twelve children.
John Blakiston-Houston was High Sheriff and Deputy Lieutenant of County Down. He also held the office of Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of County Down. Between 1898 and 1900 he was the Irish Unionist Member of parliament for North Down at Westminster.
