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. He was a member of Hull Corporation and became an alderman and was mayor of Hull in 1592.[1] Lister was elected Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull (Hull) in 1601.[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.[1]