John Lemon

For the Alaska prospector, seeJohn Lemon (prospector).For the British logician and philosopher, seeJohn Lemmon.For the musician, seeJohn Lennon.

John Lemon
Member of theBritish Parliament forWest Looe
In office 1784
Member of theBritish Parliament forSaltash
In office 1787–1790
Member of theBritish Parliament forTruro
In office 1796–1814
Personal details
Born	6 November 1754
Died	5 April 1814
Military service
Rank	lieutenant colonel
Unit	Horse Guards

John Lemon(6 November 1754 – 5 April 1814) was a BritishWhigMember of Parliament.

He was born inTruro,the second son of William Lemon by his marriage to Anne, the daughter of John Willyams ofCarnanton House,and was the grandson of William Lemon the Elder (1696–1760), who had acquired a substantial estate atCarclewin 1749, and the younger brother ofSir William Lemon, 1st Baronet.

The young John Lemon was educated atTruro Grammar Schooland later atHarrow.He became alieutenant colonelin theHorse Guards.

On 5 April 1814, he died unmarried in Polvellen, Cornwall.

Political career

In 1784 he was elected to theHouse of CommonsforWest Looe,a seat he held only briefly. He returned to the Commons as a member forSaltashbetween 1787 and 1790.In 1796 he was able to buy fromViscount Falmoutha life interest in one of the seats at thepocket boroughofTruroand was duly elected for Truro that year, holding the seat until his death in 1814.

On 17 January 1804 Lemon was appointed as one of theLords Commissioners of the Admiralty,serving for only a month. According to convention, this meant he had to give up his Parliamentary seat on appointment to the Crown Office and seek re-election to his seat at a by-election in February, at which he was re-elected.

Amateur musician and composer

Lemon was an amateur musician and composer. TheCathedral Psalter Chants(1874) included his Double Chant in G, while there is also a Chant in D. A Double Chant in F is inThe Parish Psalter with Chants(1932).