Edward Matthew Fenwick (1812 – 16 October 1877), also known as Edward Matthew Reid, was a British Liberal Party politician. Fenwick was the second son of Edward James and Caroline (née Cuddon) Reid. At some point he changed his name by Royal Licence from Reid to Fenwick. In 1841, he married Sarah Fenwick Bowen, daughter of Thomas Fenwick, and they had at least two children: Thomas Fenwick Fenwick (1842–1907), and Robert Fenwick Fenwick (–1868). Fenwick was elected Liberal MP for Lancaster at a by-election in 1864—caused by the resignation of William Garnett—and held the seat until 1866 when he was unseated for corruption. The seat was later disenfranchised under the Reform Act 1867. Fenwick was also a

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for Lancashire, Yorkshire and

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, and, in 1865, Deputy Lieutenant for Lancaster.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fenwick, Edward Matthew UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 1841 births 1877 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies