claim: Simon Cowell has donated zero dollars to anything ever.
evidence: John Mounsher -LRB- 16 July 1665 -- by December 1702 -RRB- was an English businessman and politician .. He was the son of Andrew Mounsher -LRB- or Mounser -RRB- of Portsmouth , a ropemaker .. He continued the rope business and was involved in local politics , becoming an Alderman in 1695 and serving as Mayor of Portsmouth in 1696 and 1700 .. Mayor of Portsmouth. Lord Mayor of Portsmouth. He was elected a Member of Parliament -LRB- MP -RRB- for Hastings in 1701 , sitting until 1702 .. Member of Parliament. Member of Parliament. Hastings. Hastings ( UK Parliament constituency ). He died in 1702 , aged 37 .. He had married twice .. With his first wife he had one son and then in 1695 he married Elizabeth Ryley of St. Saviour 's , Southwark , Surrey and had another son and a daughter .