John Fenwick (MP for Morpeth)

John Fenwick (14 January 1602 to 2 July 1644) was a Member of Parliament from Northumberland, killed serving in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War.

John Fenwick
Battle of Marston Moor, where Fenwick was killed on 2 July 1644
Member of Parliament
for Morpeth
In office
November 1640 – January 1644 (excluded)
Personal details
Born14 January 1602
Wallington Hall Yorkshire
Died2 July 1644(1644-07-02) (aged 42)
Long Marston, North Yorkshire
NationalityEnglish
SpouseMary Selby
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
OccupationMP and soldier
Military service
Allegiance Royalist
RankColonel
UnitColonel John Fenwick’s Troop of Dragoons
Battles/warsFirst English Civil War
Skirmish at Corbridge; Siege of Newcastle; Battle of Marston Moor  

Personal details

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John Fenwick was the only son of Sir John Fenwick, 1st Baronet of Wallington Hall, Northumberland, and his first wife Katherine (1584-1616), sister to Sir Henry Slingsby, executed in 1658 for his part in a Royalist conspiracy.[1]

He married Mary, daughter of Sir George Selby, of Whitehouse, County Durham.[2]

Career

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Fenwick matriculated from Trinity College, Cambridge at Easter 1628. He was admitted at Gray's Inn on 28 April 1630.[2]

In November 1640, Fenwick was elected Member of Parliament for Morpeth, Northumberland in the Long Parliament.[3] In early 1644, he raised a troop of dragoons for the Royalist Northern Army; [4] and was excluded from Parliament on 22 January 1644.

His troop was at the siege of Newcastle, and a skirmish near Corbridge in 1644.[5] He was killed at the Battle of Marston Moor on 2 July 1644.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Scott 2004.
  2. ^ a b c "Fenwick, John (FNWK628J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ Willis 1750, p. 234.
  4. ^ Plant.
  5. ^ Hodgson & Hodgson-Hinde 1827, p. 256.

Sources

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Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Morpeth
1640–1644
With: Sir William Carnaby 1640–1642
Succeeded by