Lieutenant-Colonel John Aldridge (4 January 1832 – 23 February 1888)[1] was a British soldier, Conservative Party politician, and landowner in Sussex.
He was married in 1863 to Mary Alethea, daughter of Samuel Matthews, and together they had five children:[2] Aldridge served in the Royal Scots Fusiliers, rising to the rank of Captain in the regiment on 29 December 1854 and Brevet Major in the army on 6 June 1856.
[2][3] He was elected MP for Horsham in 1868 alongside Robert Henry Hurst.
Although both candidates were declared elected, petitions were lodged against them both, and on 3 May 1869 Aldridge withdrew his claim to entitlement to the seat, leaving Hurst as the sole MP.
Upon his death in 1888, the estate passed to his son, Robert Beauclerk Aldridge.