Edward Matthew Fenwick

Edward Matthew Fenwick
Member of Parliament
for Lancaster
In office
13 April 1864 – 23 April 1866
Serving with Henry Schneider (1865–1866)
Samuel Gregson (1864–1865)
Preceded byWilliam Garnett
Samuel Gregson
Succeeded byConstituency disenfranchised
Personal details
Born
Edward Matthew Reid

1812
Died16 October 1877(1877-10-16) (aged 64–65)
Burrow Hall, Burrow-with-Burrow, Lancashire, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Sarah Fenwick Bowen
​
(m. 1841)​
ChildrenTwo
Parent(s)Edward James Reid
Caroline Cuddon

Edward Matthew Fenwick (1812 – 16 October 1877),[1][2] also known as Edward Matthew Reid, was a British Liberal Party politician.

Fenwick was the second son of Edward James and Caroline (née Cuddon) Reid. At some point he changed his name by Royal Licence from Reid to Fenwick. In 1841, he married Sarah Fenwick Bowen, daughter of Thomas Fenwick, and they had at least two children: Thomas Fenwick Fenwick (1842–1907), and Robert Fenwick Fenwick (c. 1845–1868).[3][2][4][5]

Fenwick was elected Liberal MP for Lancaster at a by-election in 1864—caused by the resignation of William Garnett—and held the seat until 1866 when he was unseated for corruption. The seat was later disenfranchised under the Reform Act 1867.[6][2][3]

Fenwick was also a Justice of the Peace for Lancashire, Yorkshire and Westmorland, and, in 1865, Deputy Lieutenant for Lancaster.[3][2][7]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
  2. ^ a b c d "Edward Matthew Fenwick". The Peerage. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Edward James Reid". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  4. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Fenwick, Robert Fenwick" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  5. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Fenwick, Thomas Fenwick" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  6. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  7. ^ "Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Lancaster" (PDF). Edinburgh Gazette. 24 January 1865. p. 82. Retrieved 25 March 2018.