John Shafto (MP)

John Shafto (c. 1693 – 1742), of Whitworth Hall, County Durham, was a British lawyer and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1730 to 1742.

Shafto was the second son of Mark Shafto of Whitworth and his wife Margaret Ingleby, daughter of Sir William Ingleby, 2nd Baronet of Ripley, Yorkshire.

In 1719, he succeeded his brother Robert Shafto to the family seat at Whitworth.

[3] Shafto was returned as Tory Member of Parliament for City of Durham in succession to his brother at a closely contested by-election on 26 January 1730.

[3] Shafto died on 3 April 1742 leaving two sons and two daughters,[3] and was buried at St Andrews Churchyard, Holborn.