John Innes (1767–1838) was a Scottish merchant and politician, Member of Parliament for Grampound from 1818, to the constituency's disenfranchisement for corruption.
[1] He was the son of William Innes of Auldearn in Nairn and his wife Anna Smith.
It traded later under William Fairlie, taken over by Fairlie, Bonham and Co.[1] Innes entered Parliament in 1818 with Alexander Robertson for the two-member Grampound venal borough, by dealing with dissident Cornish locals who opposed the boroughmonger Sir Christopher Hawkins, 1st Baronet, in a contested election.
John Cam Hobhouse and Michael Bruce were also potential candidates, but dropped out.
The resulting bribery investigation ultimately saw the end of the Grampound seat.