Gents Mag 1827 part 1 p.179

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	Gentleman's Magazine 1827 part 1 p.179 unabated cheerfulness and unimpaired energy of mind. Though his frame was weak and delicate, yet he enjoyed almost uniterrupted health, the reward of the reguar habits to which he had adhered from his earliest years. After a very short illness, he closed a long and useful life, which had been uniformly distinguished by unaffected piety.
obituary   John Dent
	Obituary, John Dent JOHN DENT, ESQ. Nov. 14. In Hertford-street, Mayfair, John Dent, esq. F.A.S. late M.P. for Poole, and formerly for Lancaster. The father of Mr. Dent is stated to have been the master of the scholl of a small town in Cumberland. Accident and superior penmanship introduced the son to Mr. Child the banker, who engaged him as a clerk, from which situation he rose, according to the custom of that eminent house, to reap, as a partner, a large share of the profits of the business. Mr. Dent was first elected to the House of Commons in 1790, as represenataive of the Borough of Lancaster, for which he sat during five successive pariaments, till the dissolution in 1812. He was first chosen for Poole in 1818, and represented that borough in two parliaments, till the dissolution in 1826. As a member of the legislature, ... ... ...

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