# Frederick Pennington

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English merchant and politician

**Frederick Pennington** (7 March 1819 – 11 May 1914) was an [English](/source/English_people) [merchant](/source/Merchant) and [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_(UK)) politician who sat in the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom) from 1874 to 1885.

## Life

Pennington was the son of John Pennington, cotton spinner and merchant of [Hindley](/source/Hindley%2C_Greater_Manchester), Lancashire and Elizabeth, daughter of John Hargreaves of [Westhoughton](/source/Westhoughton). He was educated at Dr Formby's school at [Southport](/source/Southport) and in [Paris](/source/Paris) from 1830 to 1832.[1] After many years working as an [East India Company](/source/East_India_Company) merchant, he retired from business in 1865. He was a [J.P.](/source/Justice_of_the_peace) for [Surrey](/source/Surrey).[2]

Pennington was a member of the council of the [Anti-Corn Law League](/source/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.[1]

In 1868, Pennington stood for parliament unsuccessfully at [West Surrey](/source/West_Surrey_(UK_Parliament_constituency)). At the [1874 general election](/source/1874_United_Kingdom_general_election) he was elected [member of parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Stockport](/source/Stockport_(UK_Parliament_constituency)). He held the seat, through an era of the same representation elections, until standing down for the 1885 election.[3]

Pennington lived at [Broome Hall](/source/Broome_Hall), [Holmwood](/source/Holmwood) on the southern slopes of the [Greensand Ridge](/source/Greensand_Ridge), [Surrey](/source/Surrey) where the weekend gatherings included many eminent guests from the worlds of politics, art and literature.[1]

Pennington married in 1854 Margaret Landell Sharpe, daughter of Rev. John Sharpe, Vicar of [Doncaster](/source/Doncaster).[4] She was heavily involved in the women's movement and a campaigner for emancipation and suffrage. One of Pennington's sisters married [Thomas Thomasson](/source/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 £197,829 (equivalent to about £19,700,000 in 2025).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Crawford_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Crawford_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Crawford_1-2) [Crawford, Elizabeth](/source/Elizabeth_Crawford_(historian)) (1 January 2001). [*The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928*](https://books.google.com/books?id=eIzLissZmscC&dq=%22Frederick+Pennington%22&pg=PA532). Routledge. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-415-23926-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-23926-4).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Debrett_2-0)** [*Debrett's House of Commons*](http://archive.org/details/debrettshouseo1881londuoft). Robarts - University of Toronto. London Dean. 1867.{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: others ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_others))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)](https://web.archive.org/web/20150215181722/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons5.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Crawford2003_4-0)** [Crawford, Elizabeth](/source/Elizabeth_Crawford_(historian)) (2 September 2003). [*The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928*](https://books.google.com/books?id=a2EK9P7-ZMsC&pg=PA532). Routledge. p. 532. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-135-43402-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-135-43402-6).

## External links

- *[Hansard](/source/Hansard)* 1803–2005: [contributions in Parliament by Frederick Pennington](https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-frederick-pennington)

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