{{Short description|British soldier, politician and antiquary}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Lt-Col | name = Henry Fishwick | honorific_suffix = JP FSA FRHistS | image = Thomas Edwin Mostyn - Henry Fishwick.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Portrait of Henry Fishwick (1906)<br>by Thomas Edwin Mostyn | office = Mayor of Rochdale | term_start = 1903 | term_end = 1905 | predecessor = Sir James Duckworth | successor = Sir James Jones | majority = | office1 = Councillor for Rochdale | term_start1 = 1871 | term_end1 = 1914 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1835|03|09|df=yes}} | birth_place = Rochdale, Lancashire | death_date = {{Death date and age|1914|09|23|1835|03|09|df=yes}} | death_place = Rochdale, Lancashire | other_names = | alma_mater = | occupation = {{hlist | Soldier | Politician | Antiquary }} | party = Liberal Party | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | branch = {{unbulleted list | {{army|UK}} |{{flagicon|UK|military}} Volunteer Force }} | unit = Volunteer Force | service_years = 1860–1902 | rank = Lieutenant-Colonel (1871) | commands = Eighth (King's) Regiment | battles = }}
Lt-Col '''Henry Fishwick''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|JP|FSA|FRHistS|size=100%}} (9 March 1835 – 23 September 1914) was a British soldier, politician and antiquary.<ref name="City 1914-09-26">''Henry Fishwick'', ''Manchester City News'', 26 September 1914</ref> After a military career, he became a Liberal Party Councillor (1871–1914) and twice Mayor of Rochdale (1903–1905). He was also author and editor of several books on Lancashire and was a founding member of three of the county's historical societies.
== Background == Fishwick was the son of Henry Halliwell Fishwick of Brownhill, Rochdale, and was born on 9 March 1835. At the age of eighteen, he became the secretary of the Rochdale branch of the Young Men's Christian Association.<ref name="Transactions 305–306">''Transactions of Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society'', 32 (1914), pp. 305–306.</ref>
== Soldier == Fishwick was one of the earliest supporters of the Volunteer Force movement in Rochdale and, when a corps was formed, he joined as a Lieutenant (1860). He was later promoted to Major, and then commanding officer. From 1871, as lieutenant colonel, he was attached to the Eighth (King's) Regiment (stationed in Salford).<ref name="City 1914-09-26"/>
== Politician == Fishwick entered local politics in 1871, when he was elected to Rochdale Town Council. He served as a Liberal Party Councillor (1871–1914), and was Chairman of the Library and Art Gallery Committee (from 1881). He was a Member of the School Board (1870–1903), serving as chairman (from 1897), and then a Member of its successor, the Education Committee (1903–14), serving as chairman.<ref>''Daily Mail'', 10 November 1910</ref><ref>''Manchester Evening News'', 10 November 1910</ref> In 1909, he was elected President of the Association of Education Committees of England and Wales.<ref>''Manchester Evening Chronicle'', 17 June 1909</ref>
He was twice elected Mayor of Rochdale (in 1903–04 and 1904–05), also serving as a borough magistrate and county JP for Lancashire, and was a prominent Freemason. In 1906, he was honoured with the Honorary Freedom of the borough, and was known as the ‘Father of the Council’. In 1911, Fishwick was honoured by a Public testimonial presented by Lord Sheffield.<ref>''Daily Mail'', 30 January 1911</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|date=4 July 2020|title=Rochdale Observer Obituary|url=http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~fishwick/genealogy/fishwick/HyFishwickobit.PDF|accessdate=4 July 2020|publisher=Famous Fishwicks}}</ref>
== Antiquary == Fishwick was a frequent contributor of papers on various subjects to ''Transactions of Rochdale Literary and Scientific Society'' (1880–6) and ''Transactions of Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society '' (1884–1910). He edited several volumes for the Chetham Society and Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, and was the author of several parish histories: ''Goosnargh'' (1871), ''Kirkham'' (1874), ''Garstang'' (1878–79), ''Rochdale'' (1889), as well as other works.<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 July 2020|title=Online Books|url=https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Fishwick%2C%20Henry%2C%201835-1914|accessdate=4 July 2020|publisher=Online Books}}</ref>
Fishwick was a member of several societies: Manchester Arts Club (Founding Member and chairman); Chetham Society (Council Member, 1875–1901, and Vice-President, 1901–14); Rochdale Literary and Scientific Society (Founder Member (1878), President and Vice-President); Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (Founder Member, Vice-President, 1878–95, 1904–14, and President, 1895–1904); Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (Council Member, 1880–1914); Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society (founding member, Council Member, 1883–1914, Vice-President, and President, 1897–98); and Lancashire Parish Register Society (founding member and President, 1897–1914). He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Historical Society.<ref name="Transactions 305–306"/>
== Family == thumb|right|140px|Fishwick Tomb, Rochdale Cemetery thumb|right|140px|Fishwick Tomb, Rochdale Cemetery Fishwick married the daughter of Dr W. H. Bullmore of Truro, Cornwall, and they had four children: one son (who emigrated to Canada) and three daughters, including Janet Fishwick (d.1944). Fishwick lived at The Heights, Rochdale until his death on 23 September 1914.<ref name="Transactions 305–306"/><ref>{{Cite web|date=4 July 2020|title=Famous Fishwicks|url=http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~fishwick/genealogy/fishwick/fish03-Henry-Rochdale.htm|accessdate=4 July 2020|publisher=Famous Fishwicks}}</ref>
== Select bibliography == * ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=1dNCAQAAMAAJ The History of the parochial Chapelry of Goosnargh in the County of Lancaster].'' C. Simms, Goosnargh, 1871. * ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=rPBfAAAAcAAJ The History of the Parish of Kirkham in the County of Lancaster].'' Chetham Society, Old Series, 92 (1874). * ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=LPE6zAEACAAJ Lancashire and Cheshire Church Surveys 1649–1655].'' Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 1 (1878). * ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=RUYJAAAAIAAJ History of the Parish of Garstang in the County of Lancaster].'' Chetham Society, Old Series, Part I: 104 (1878); Part II: 105 (1879). * ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=689CAAAAYAAJ A list of Lancashire wills proved in the Archdeaconry of Richmond 1547 to 1680]''. Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire,10 (1884). * ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ddQx6EpmsLoC The History of the Parish of Poulton-le-Fylde, in the County of Lancaster]'', Chetham Society, New Series, 8 (1885). * ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=4kg-ygEACAAJ A list of Lancashire wills proved in the Archdeaconry of Richmond 1681 to 1748]''. Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire,13 (1886). * ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=KnenvQEACAAJ The History of the Parish of Bispham, in the County of Lancaster]''. Chetham Society, New Series, 10 (1887). * ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ARXOiZkSu8AC The History of the Parish of St Michael-on-Wyre in the County of Lancaster]''. Chetham Society, New Series, 25 (1891). * ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=TA71Bp2xMq0C The Note Book of The Rev. Thomas Jolly, A.D. 1671–93]''. Chetham Society, New Series, 33 (1894). * ''Pleadings and depositions in the duchy court of Lancaster''. Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=bzFKAQAAMAAJ&q=fishwick%20Pleadings%20and%20depositions%20in%20the%20duchy%20court%20of%20Lancaster Part 1: ' Henry VII and Henry VIII],'' 32 (1896); ''Part 2: Henry VIII,'' 35 (1897); ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Agy3yQEACAAJ Part 3: Edward VI and Philip & Mary]'', 40 (1899). * ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=zxCPvwEACAAJ The History of the Parish of Lytham in the County of Lancaster]''. Chetham Society, New Series, 60 (1907). * ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=cZwpMwEACAAJ The Survey of the Manor of Rochdale in the County of Lancaster, Parcel of the Possessions of The Rt Worshipful Sir Robert Heath, Knt, His Majesty’s Attorney-General, made in 1626]''. Chetham Society, New Series, 71 (1913).
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