John Fenwick (MP for Morpeth)
John Fenwick (died 2 July 1644) was a member of Long Parliament who was disabled from sitting in Parliament on 22 January 1644 because he was a colonel in the Royalist army during the English Civil War.
Biography
Fenwick was the son of Sir John Fenwick, 1st Baronet of Wallington Hall, Northumberland. He matriculated from Trinity College, Cambridge at Easter 1628. He was admitted at Gray's Inn on 28 April 1630.[1]
In November 1640, Fenwick was elected Member of Parliament for Morpeth, Northumberland in the Long Parliament.[2] He was colonel of a Cavalier regiment of dragoons,[3] and as a result of opposing the Roundheads, he was disabled from sitting in Parliament on 22 January 1644.
He was at the siege of Newcastle, and the skirmish at Corbridge in 1644.[3] He was killed at the Battle of Marston Moor on 2 July 1644.[1]
Family
Fenwick married Mary, daughter of Sir George Selby, of Whitehouse, County Durham.[1]
Notes
- "Fenwick, John (FNWK628J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Willis 1750, p. 234.
- Hodgson & Hodgson-Hinde 1827, p. 256.
References
- Hodgson, John; Hodgson-Hinde, John (1827), A History of Northumberland: The topography and local antiquities, arranged in parishes, A History of Northumberland: In Three Parts, 1:2, E. Walker, p. 256
- Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 240, 247.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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| Preceded by Sir Philip Mainwaring Thomas Witherings |
Member of Parliament for Morpeth 1640–1644 With: Sir William Carnaby 1640–1642 |
Succeeded by John Fiennes George Fenwick |