Sir Theodore Fry, 1st Baronet (1 May 1836 – 5 February 1912) was an

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businessman and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1880 to 1895.

Life

He was the son of

Francis Fry Francis Fry (1803–1886), was an English businessman and bibliographer. Life Fry was born at Westbury-on-Trym, near Bristol, on 28 October 1803, the second son of Joseph Storrs Fry. He was educated at a large school at Fishponds, in the neighbo ...

, of

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, and his wife Matilda Penrose, daughter of Daniel Penrose and was educated at Bristol. Fry was active in business in the North East, as director of the Bearpark Coal and Coke Co; director of Shildon and Weardale Waterworks, and head of Fry Janson and Co, iron manufacturers of Darlington.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
/ref> He was mayor of Darlington 1877–1878. At the 1880 general election Fry was elected

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(MP) for

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, and held the seat until the 1895 general election. He was made a baronet, of Woodburn in the parish of Blackwell in the County of Durham, in 1894. Fry died at the age of 76 at his residence, Beechhanger Court,

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Family

Fry married Sophia Pease (1837–1897), a philanthropist and political activist and granddaughter of the railway pioneer Edward Pease. After her death, he married Florence Bates in 1902.

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Photograph of Sir Theodore Fry, Bt
1836 births 1912 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub