John Wells was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1820 to 1830.
Background
He was born in Malling, Kent the second son of William Wells, of Bickley Hall, Bromley in Kent and Holme Hall, Huntingdonshire, by his wife Elizabeth, sister of Sir Richard Neave, 1st Bt, Governor of the Bank of England. He married in Rochester in 1796 Esther daughter of John Puget, a London banker, by his wife, Esther, daughter of James Dunn, Member of Parliament for Dublin 1758-1762, and sister of John Puget, of Pointer"s Grove, Hertfordshire, Director of the Bank of England and Rear-Admiral Peter Puget, Central Bank, who explored with Captain George Vancouver.
Career
He also owned the Malling Heath estate in Kent. He served as High Sheriff of Kent for 1812 and then stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Maidstone in 1818. He increasingly moved towards the Whigs and was very much his own manitoba
His great-great-great-nephew, Sir John Wells, was Member of Parliament for Maidstone 1959-1987.
Membership
7th United Kingdom Parliament. 8th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected as the Tory Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Maidstone at the general election in March 1820 and held the seat until 1830, when he did not stand again in Maidstone.