1096 Edward Johnson-Ferguson

Constituency : Loughborough  1885-6, 1892-1900

Edward  won  the  new  seat  of  Loughborough.

Edward  was  born  Jabez  Johnson  in  Salford. He  was  educated  at  Cambridge  and  became  chairman  of  a  family  company. He  was  also  a  director  of  Williams, Deacon  & Manchester  and  Salford  Bank.

During  one  campaign  Edward's  wife  was  physically  attacked  by  a  county  magistrate   who  was  then  set  upon  by  a  crowd.

Edward  was  defeated  in  1886  but  regained  his  seat  in  1892.

In  1891  Edward  became  a  director  of  the  mining  company ,  Bolckow  Vaughan  Co  Ltd. In  1906   he  became  its  chairman  and  managing  director, He  was  created  a  baronet  the  same  year.

He  died  in  1929  aged  80.