Henry Fenwick (MP for Sunderland)

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 Civil Lord of the Admiralty and was defeated in the resulting by-election.^[3]

References edit

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Craig, page 296

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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