John Horton Blades (1841–1916) was an English brick maker and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1886.
Blades was born at West Bromwich,British Census 1881 RG11 2848/17 p25 the son of Brownlow W. Blades. He was a manufacturer of blue-bricks and sanitary pipes at West Bromwich. He was an alderman of West BromwichDebretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886 and a temperance campaigner, being a trustee of the Gospel Blue Ribbon Mission.West Bromwich: Protestant Nonconformity, A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 17: Offlow hundred (part) (1976), pp. 61-70. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
Blades was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich at the 1885 general election,Hansard Millbank Systems – John Blades but did not defend the seat at the 1886 general election. He made no contributions during his year in parliament.
Blades lived at Oakhurst, West Bromwich and died at West Bromwich at the age of 75.OPCS Civil Registration Indices
Blades married Sarah Collumbell of Derby in 1865.
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