Sir Frederick Perkins (2 June 1826 – 8 November 1902) was a

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politician, brewer, and wine and spirit merchant.

Political career

Perkins began his political career as a Liberal town councillor for Southampton's All Saints Ward in the 1850s, and shortly after that became Mayor of Southampton, a role he held on five occasions: in 1859, 1861, 1862, 1868, and 1869. During his mayoralty, he received the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King

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and Queen

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) on their way to

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after their wedding in 1863. In 1872, he was then made Sheriff of London and Middlesex, before being knighted in 1873. He then entered Parliament as MP for

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in 1874, but stood down before the next election in 1880. Perkins was a

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and a prominent Freemason, and was elected a member of the

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in recognition of the interest he took in the North Atlantic Telegraph Cable Expedition which started from Southampton.

Family

Perkins, the son of Richard Hopkins Perkins, married three times during his life. His first marriage to Evelina Abraham, the daughter of Abraham Abraham, of Brussels, was short-lived; they married in 1847, but she died on their first anniversary in 1848, but not before they had a child, Arthur Frederick. He married again in 1858 to Isabella Bloomfield Croskey (d. 1885), daughter of Joseph Rodney Croskey, American Consul at Southampton. They had six children: Rodney Croskey (born 1859), Richard Harry (born 1864), Julian Tolmé (born 1867), Teresa Macombe, Evelina Daisy, and Amy Bloomfield. His third marriage in the 1890s was to Mary Sherman, daughter of Robert Sherman, who succeeded him.Whitaker′s Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1907 Perkins died at Southampton on 8 November 1902.

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* Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1874–1880 1826 births 1902 deaths {{Liberal-UK-MP-stub