Saturday, 9 July 2016

1263 Matthew Fowler




Constituency :  City  of  Durham 1892-8

Matthew  took  Durham  from  the  Tories.

Matthew  was  the son  of a  local  dignitary  who   was  five  times  Mayor  of  Durham. Matthew  had  held  that  office  himself  in  1890-91.The  family  had  local  estates.

He  died  in  1898  aged  53  from  throat  cancer .

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