Ailwyn Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn

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Ailwyn Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn, KCVO, KBE, PC (10 November 185523 September 1924) was a British peer and MP. Fellowes was born at Haverland Hall in Norwich, the son of Edward Fellowes (later Baron de Ramsey) and attended Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. On 9 February 1886, he married Hon. Agatha Eleanor Augusta Jolliffe, a daughter of the 2nd Baron Hylton at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London and they had four children:

In 1885 he unsuccessfully contested Mid Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency) and North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency) in 1886 but won the local election for Ramsey and served as Conservative MP from 1887 to 1906. After his political career, Fellowes was Chairman of the Agricultural Wages Board and Deputy Director of Food Production from 1917 to 1919 and some time a director of the London and North Eastern Railway, Norwich Union, the National Provident Association and Deputy Chairman of the Great Eastern Railway. On 1 July 1921, he was created Baron Ailwyn and died in 1924, aged 68 at Honingham Hall and was buried in the grounds of the local church.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward Fellowes
Member of Parliament for Ramsey
1887–1906
Succeeded by
Alexander Boulton
Political offices
Preceded by
Hon Charles Spencer
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1895–1900
Succeeded by
Sir Anthony Hood
Preceded by
The Earl of Onslow
President of the Board of Agriculture
1905
Succeeded by
The Marquess of Lincolnshire
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New Creation
Baron Ailwyn
1921–1924
Succeeded by
Ronald Fellowes