Frederick Pennington

{{Short description|English merchant and politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=November 2016}}'''Frederick Pennington''' (7 March 1819 – 11 May 1914) was an [[English people|English]] [[merchant]] and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] from 1874 to 1885.

==Life== Pennington was the son of John Pennington, cotton spinner and merchant of [[Hindley, Greater Manchester|Hindley]], Lancashire and Elizabeth, daughter of John Hargreaves of [[Westhoughton]]. He was educated at Dr Formby's school at [[Southport]] and in [[Paris]] from 1830 to 1832.<ref name="Crawford">{{Cite book |last=Crawford |first=Elizabeth |author-link=Elizabeth Crawford (historian) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eIzLissZmscC&dq=%22Frederick+Pennington%22&pg=PA532 |title=The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928 |date=2001-01-01 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-23926-4 |language=en}}</ref> After many years working as an [[East India Company]] merchant, he retired from business in 1865. He was a [[Justice of the peace|J.P.]] for [[Surrey]].<ref name="Debrett">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/debrettshouseo1881londuoft |title=Debrett's House of Commons |date=1867 |publisher=London Dean |others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}</ref>

Pennington was a member of the council of the [[Anti-Corn Law League]] which he supported generously. He was an advanced Liberal, part of the relatively radical Liberal group, championing free trade, the end to church-state mixed local administration and mass production.<ref name=Crawford/>

In 1868, Pennington stood for parliament unsuccessfully at [[West Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)|West Surrey]]. At the [[1874 United Kingdom general election|1874 general election]] he was elected [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|member of parliament]] for [[Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockport]]. He held the seat, through an era of the same representation elections, until standing down for the 1885 election.<ref>{{Rayment-hc|s|5|date=March 2012}}</ref>

Pennington lived at [[Broome Hall]], [[Holmwood]] on the southern slopes of the [[Greensand Ridge]], [[Surrey]] where the weekend gatherings included many eminent guests from the worlds of politics, art and literature.<ref name="Crawford" />

Pennington married in 1854 Margaret Landell Sharpe, daughter of {{Abbreviation|Rev.|The Reverend}} John Sharpe, Vicar of [[Doncaster]].<ref name="Crawford2003">{{cite book |author=Crawford |first=Elizabeth |author-link=Elizabeth Crawford (historian) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a2EK9P7-ZMsC&pg=PA532 |title=The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928 |date=2 September 2003 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=1-135-43402-6 |page=532}}</ref> She was heavily involved in the women's movement and a campaigner for emancipation and suffrage. One of Pennington's sisters married [[Thomas Thomasson]]. He died, aged 95, survived by his widow at his London home or rental, 17 Hyde Park Terrace. His probate was sworn in 1914 at {{GBP|197829|1914|round=-5|about=yes|long=no}}.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}

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==External links== *{{hansard-contribs | mr-Frederick-Pennington| Frederick Pennington}}

{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef | before = [[William Tipping]] | before2 = [[John Benjamin Smith]] }} {{s-ttl | title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockport]] | years = [[1874 United Kingdom general election|1874]]–[[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]] | with = [[Charles Henry Hopwood]] }} {{s-aft | after = [[Louis John Jennings]] | after2 = [[William Tipping]] }} {{s-end}}

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