Frederick Thomas Penton (1851 – 12 June 1929) was a

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officer and

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politician. He was the eldest son of Colonel Henry Penton, developer of the

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area of London and his wife, Eliza Maria ''nee'' Langley of Brittas Castle,

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. He was educated at Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1873 he received a commission in the

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and served in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882. He left the army with the rank of captain in 1884. He married Caroline Helen Mary Stewart of

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in 1883. The couple had two children. He was an extensive land owner in a number of English counties, and was a justice of the peace for Buckinghamshire and the

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, and a Deputy Lieutenant of Middlesex. In June 1886 he was unanimously selected by the Conservative Party to contest the seat of Finsbury Central. Penton won the seat, unseating the sitting

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, Howard Spensley, by the narrow margin of 5 votes. At the next general election in 1892 he was defeated by Dadabhai Naoroji, who won the seat by 3 votes following a recount. In April 1893 he indicated that he would not stand for parliament again. He was

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for the year 1896. He died at his home in

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in June 1929, and was buried at St Peter's Church,

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, Brighton.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Penton, Frederick 1851 births 1929 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1886–1892 High Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire Deputy Lieutenants of Middlesex People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards officers