John Lister (died 1616)

John Lister (died 19 January 1616) was an English lead merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601 Lister was a lead merchant of Hull and in about 1590 he purchased a plot of land on the High Street overlooking the River Hull.

[2] Lister died in 1616 and was buried in Holy Trinity Church in Hull.

[3] Lister married Anne Gayton, daughter of Robert Gayton.

Their son John was also MP for Hull.

[1] The house of the Lister family is now a museum known as the Wilberforce House Museum.