John Fenton (3 July 1791 – 25 July 1863) was a British politician. Born at Lower Crimble Farm, Fenton lived in

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

, where he worked as a banker. At the

1832 UK general election The 1832 United Kingdom general election, the first after the Reform Act 1832, Reform Act, saw the Whigs (British political party), Whigs win a large majority, with the Tories winning less than 30% of the vote. Political situation The Charles ...

, he stood for the Whigs in

. He won the seat, but was defeated at the

1835 UK general election The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of ...

. In 1837, a by-election arose in the town, which he won with a majority of 25. He held the seat in the

1837 UK general election The 1837 United Kingdom general election was triggered by the death of King William IV and produced the first Parliament of the reign of his successor, Queen Victoria. It saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whi ...

, but chose not to contest it in

1841 Events January–March * January 20 – Charles Elliot of the United Kingdom, and Qishan of the Qing dynasty, agree to the Convention of Chuenpi. * January 26 – Britain occupies Hong Kong. Later in the year, the first census of the i ...

. Fenton's son

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became a noted photographer. Another son Arthur married the novelist

Gertrude Fenton Gertrude Fenton (1841 – April 11,1884), was an English novelist and magazine editor. She specialised in writing popular romantic fiction and published four novels between 1869 and 1871. Her most popular novel was her first ''Cora; or,The Roman ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fenton, John 1791 births 1863 deaths English bankers Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Rochdale People from Rochdale UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies