John Brinton (25 January 1827 – 2 July 1914) was an English carpet manufacturer and a Liberal politician. Brinton was born at Kidderminster, the son of Henry Brinton a carpet manufacturer. He joined the family carpet manufacturing firm John Brinton & Co as a partner in 1848. Brintons had a large factory at Stourport a town noted for its carpet manufacture. In time he became chairman of Brintons Ltd. He became J.P. for Kidderminster in 1856 and was chairman of the Kidderminster School of Art from 1863 to 1869. In 1866 he was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honour for France. Sometime before 1871 he purchased Moor Park at Stourport. There he carried out considerable alterations to the house and grounds, planting an avenue of trees from Lickhill Road to Bewdley Road (Avenue Road) and erecting