1265 Henry Fenwick

Constituency : Houghton-le-Spring  1892-5

Henry  took  Houghton-le-Spring  from  the  Tories  despite  the  intervention  of  an  independent  running  on  a  temperance  platform..

Henry  entered  the  army  in  1885  when  he  was  21  and  rose  to  become  a  Captain.

Henry  made  little  contribution  to  Parliament  and  stood  down  in  1895.

Henry  returned  to  active  service  in  1899  with  the  Royal  Horse  Guards. He  served  in  the  Boer  War  and  was  mentioned  in  despatches. He  became  the  Commander  of  the  Regiment  after  the  War. He  retired  in  1911.

He  died  in  1939  aged  75.