Henry Thomas Fenwick

Colonel Henry Thomas Fenwick, CMG, MVO, DSO (20 December 1863 – 30 August 1939)^[1] was a British army officer and Liberal Party politician.

Biography

Fenwick was the son of Henry Fenwick and Jane Lutwidge Cookson, and entered the army in 1885.^[2]

He changed to a political career when he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Houghton-le-Spring at the 1892 general election,^[3] and held the seat until he stood down at the 1895 general election.^[4]

In 1899 he was again in active service, as 2nd in Command of the Royal Horse Guards.^[2] He served with the regiment during the Second Boer War in South Africa 1899-1901, was mentioned in despatches, and appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his services in November 1900.^[5]

After the war, he was appointed Commander of the Royal Horse Guards.^[2]

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 FENWICK, Colonel Henry Thomas’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
↑ The London Gazette: no. 26311. p. 4306. 29 July 1892. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
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↑ The London Gazette: no. 27359. p. 6304. 27 September 1901.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Nicholas Wood	Member of Parliament for Houghton-le-Spring 1892 – 1895	Succeeded by Robert Cameron

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