Henry Thomas Fenwick

For the Member of Parliament for Sunderland, see Henry Fenwick.

Colonel Henry Thomas Fenwick, CMG, MVO, DSO (20 December 1863 – 30 August 1939)[1] was a British army officer and Liberal Party politician.

Biography

Fenwick was the son of Henry Fenwick and Jane Lutwidge Cookson, and entered the army in 1885.[2]

He changed to a political career when he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Houghton-le-Spring at the 1892 general election,[3] and held the seat until he stood down at the 1895 general election.[4]

In 1899 he was again in active service, as 2nd in Command of the Royal Horse Guards.[2] He served with the regiment during the Second Boer War in South Africa 1899-1901, was mentioned in despatches, and appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his services in November 1900.[5]

After the war, he was appointed Commander of the Royal Horse Guards.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
  2. 1 2 3 FENWICK, Colonel Henry Thomas’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26311. p. 4306. 29 July 1892. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  4. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 270. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27359. p. 6304. 27 September 1901.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Nicholas Wood		 Member of Parliament for Houghton-le-Spring
1892 – 1895 		Succeeded by
Robert Cameron
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