John Fenton-Cawthorne
| John Fenton-Cawthorne | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 January 1753 |
| Died | 1 March 1831 (aged 78) |
| Occupation | British Member of Parliament |
John Fenton-Cawthorne (5 January 1753 – 1 March 1831) was a British Conservative politician, who served as MP for Lincoln between 1783 and 1796 and as MP for Lancaster for four terms in the early 19th century.[1]
Fenton-Cawthorne was born in 1753 to James Fenton of Lancaster, a barrister and his wife Elizabeth and educated at Queen’s College, Oxford (1771) and Gray's Inn (1792). He succeeded to the Cawthorne estate in 1781 and took the additional surname of Cawthorne.
He was first elected as an MP for Lincoln in January 1783 and was an opponent of the abolition of the slave trade.[2]
In 1796 Fenton-Cawthorne was found guilty by a court martial of various embezzlement charges and expelled from Parliament. It was ruled that he had "acted fraudulently and in a scandalous and infamous manner".[2]
Fenton-Cawthorne returned to Parliament in 1806 as MP for Lancaster. His older brother also entered Parliament at the same time as MP for Fife.
He married Frances, the daughter and coheiress of J. H. Delaval.
References
- ↑ History of Parliament Trust; Thorne, R.G. (1986). The House of Commons, 1790-1820. Published for the History of Parliament Trust by Secker & Warburg. ISBN 9780436521010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cobbett, W.; Wright, J.; Hansard, T.C.; Great Britain. Parliament (1818). The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year 1803: From which Last-mentioned Epoch it is Continued Downwards in the Work Entitled "Hansard's Parliamentary Debates". T.C. Hansard.