John Angerstein (c. 1774 – 8 April 1858) was an English Whig politician from Blackheath, London.

[1][2] He was the only son of John Julius Angerstein, who had moved to London from Russia and made his fortune as a Lloyds underwriter.

[3][4] He was one of the three people nominated in November 1829 to be the High Sheriff of Kent for 1830–31,[5] but the King picked Edward Rice instead.

[8] He was re-elected to Parliament at the 1835 general election as an MP for Greenwich,[2] having previously contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1832.

[9] He decided not to defend the seat at the 1837 general election,[9] choosing instead to stand for Eastern Surrey.