John Blackburne (Huddersfield MP)

John Blackburne (1787 – 21 April 1837) was a British barrister and politician.

Born in Huddersfield, Blackburne studied at Brasenose College, Oxford. He became a bencher of the Middle Temple, and a King's Counsel. He was appointed as Chief Commissioner of the Corporation Inquiry. He stood in the 1834 Huddersfield by-election as a Whig, winning the seat. In Parliament, he supported a three-year maximum period between general elections, and opposed the Corn Laws. He held his seat until his death, in 1837.