John Ashley Warre FRS (5 October 1787 – 18 November 1860) was a British Member of Parliament.
[1] He was born into a family of colonial merchants, the eldest son of John Henry Warre of Queen Square, Bloomsbury, Middlesex and Belmont Lodge, Hertfordshire and was educated at Harrow School (1796-1804) and Christ Church, Oxford (1804).
He secured the Parliamentary seat of Lostwithiel in 1812, sitting until 1818 and subsequently represented the constituencies of Taunton (1820–26), Hastings (1831–34) and Ripon (1857–60).
He inherited a property in Folkestone from his uncle in 1824 and was appointed High Sheriff of Kent for 1848–49.
[2] He was also a founder member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and was among those who voted on the resolution to create the SPCA (later in 1840 becoming RSPCA) at the meeting held on 16 June 1824 at Old Slaughter's Coffee House, London which was chaired by Thomas Fowell Buxton MP (1786-1845).