Henry Fenwick
For the Member of Parliament for Houghton-le-Spring, see Henry Thomas Fenwick .
Henry Fenwick (1820 – 16 April 1868)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician.
He first stood for election to the House of Commons in December 1852, when he was unsuccessful at a by-election for the City of Durham.[2] He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunderland at a by-election in January 1855,[3] and held the seat until February 1866, when he was appointed as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty and was defeated in the resulting by-election.[3]
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 118. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- 1 2 Craig, page 296
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Fenwick
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William Seymour George Hudson |
Member of Parliament for Sunderland 1855 – 1866 With: George Hudson 1855–1859 William Schaw Lindsay 1859-1865 James Hartley 1865–1866 |
Succeeded by James Hartley John Candlish |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Hugh Childers |
Civil Lord of the Admiralty January–April 1866 |
Succeeded by Lord John Hay |
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