Sir John Esmonde, 16th Baronet

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Sir John Esmonde

| image =

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| office = Teachta Dála

| term_start = February 1973

| term_end = June 1977

| constituency = Wexford

| party = Fine Gael

| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|6|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|5|16|1928|6|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Dublin, Ireland

| children = 5

| spouse = Pamela Mary Bourke

| father = Sir Anthony Esmonde

| relatives = Sir John Esmonde (uncle)

| education = Blackrock College

| alma_mater = {{ubl|King's Inns|University College Dublin}}

}}

Sir John Henry Grattan Esmonde, 16th Baronet, of the Esmonde baronets, (27 June 1928 – 16 May 1987) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. A barrister by profession, he was made a senior counsel. Esmonde was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford constituency at the 1973 general election.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/John-Grattan-Esmonde.D.1973-03-14/|title=John Grattan Esmonde|work=Oireachtas Members Database|date=24 May 1977|accessdate=9 April 2009}} He lost his seat at the 1977 general election.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=9052|title=John Grattan Esmonde|work=ElectionsIreland.org|accessdate=9 April 2009}} The outgoing government appointed him as a judge of the Circuit Court. He was assigned to the Western Circuit, and served as the Circuit judge there until his death.

His uncle Sir John Esmonde, 14th Baronet, was a Fine Gael TD for Wexford from 1937 to 1951 and his father Sir Anthony Esmonde, 15th Baronet, was a Fine Gael TD for Wexford from 1951 to 1973.{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/esmonde-sir-john-lymbrick-a2946#co-subject-A|title=Esmonde, Sir John Lymbrick|work=Dictionary of Irish Biography|last=White|first=Lawrence William|access-date=20 December 2022}}