John Jacob Dunnett (24 June 1922 – 26 October 2019) was a British Labour Party politician, solicitor, and football club chairman.
[2][3] Dunnett was born in Maryhill, Glasgow, to Jewish[4] parents who moved the family south to Croydon when he was a boy.
[5] He served in the forces during World War II, first in the Royal Fusiliers and then in the Cheshire Regiment from June 1941 to December 1946, reaching the rank of Captain.
During the 1964–70 Labour Government, he was parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to Fred Mulley during the latter's time as Minister for Aviation (1965–67), Disarmament (1967–69), and Transport (1969–70).
Dunnett was Chairman of Notts County from 1967, financing the club's regular annual losses by making interest free loans from his company, Park Street Securities.