John Talbot Clifton (politician)

John Talbot Clifton (5 March 1819 – 16 April 1882) was an English landowner and Member of Parliament.

He was educated at Eton College, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1837.

Clifton died in Algeria in 1882 and was buried at St Cuthberts church, Lytham.

He was succeeded by his grandson John Talbot Clifton, his only son, Thomas Henry, who was also MP for North Lancashire, having predeceased him by two years.

A grade II listed drinking fountain as a monument to his memory now stands in Lytham's Sparrow Park.