John Fenwick | |
|---|---|
Battle of Marston Moor, where Fenwick was killed on 2 July 1644 | |
| Member of Parliament for Morpeth | |
| In office November 1640 – January 1644 (excluded) | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1602 Wallington Hall Yorkshire |
| Died | 2 July 1644 (aged 42) Long Marston, North Yorkshire |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse | Mary Selby |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | MP and soldier |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | 
Royalist |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | Colonel John Fenwick’s Troop of Dragoons |
| Battles/wars |
First English Civil War Skirmish at Corbridge; Siege of Newcastle; Battle of Marston Moor † |
John Fenwick (14 January 1602 to 2 July 1644) was a Member of Parliament from Northumberland, killed serving in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War.
Personal details
John Fenwick was the only son of Sir John Fenwick, 1st Baronet of Wallington Hall, Northumberland, and his first wife Katherine (1584-1616), sister to Sir Henry Slingsby, executed in 1658 for his part in a Royalist conspiracy. [1]
He married Mary, daughter of Sir George Selby, of Whitehouse, County Durham. [2]
Career
Fenwick matriculated from Trinity College, Cambridge at Easter 1628. He was admitted at Gray's Inn on 28 April 1630. [2]
In November 1640, Fenwick was elected Member of Parliament for Morpeth, Northumberland in the Long Parliament. [3] In early 1644, he raised a troop of dragoons for the Royalist Northern Army; [4] and was excluded from Parliament on 22 January 1644.
His troop was at the siege of Newcastle, and a skirmish near Corbridge in 1644. [5] He was killed at the Battle of Marston Moor on 2 July 1644. [2]
References
- ^ Scott 2004.
- ^ a b c "Fenwick, John (FNWK628J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Willis 1750, p. 234.
- ^ Plant.
- ^ Hodgson & Hodgson-Hinde 1827, p. 256.
Sources
- Hodgson, John; Hodgson-Hinde, John (1827), A History of Northumberland: The topography and local antiquities, arranged in parishes, A History of Northumberland: In Three Parts, vol. 1:2, E. Walker, p. 256
- Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 240, 247.
- Plant, David. "Colonel John Fenwick's Troop of Dragoons". BCW Project. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- Scott, David (2004). "Slingsby, Sir Henry, first baronet". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/25727. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)