Edward Fielden (politician)

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Edward Brocklehurst Fielden (10 June 1857 – 31 March 1942)[1] was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.

Family background

He was second son of Joshua Fielden, brother of Thomas Fielden, and grandson of John Fielden of Todmorden, who were all members of parliament.

Education and business career

Fielden was educated at

Wellington College and in France.[2] He trained as a civil engineer, becoming an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers[3] and employed by the Thames Conservancy in Oxfordshire.[4]

He was later a director of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway,[5] serving as chairman of its board of directors from 1919 to 1923, when it was absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, of which he became subsequently deputy-chairman.[6] He was also chairman of the local board of directors of the Alliance Insurance Company at Shrewsbury.[7]

Political career and public offices

He was elected at the

House of Commons at the 1935 general election
when he was then, at 78, the oldest MP.

He was a

Royal Salop Infirmary in Shrewsbury in 1918.[10]

He was also a member of the

Church Assembly.[2]

Sport

Fielden was Master of Fox Hounds of the South Oxfordshire Hunt from 1887 to 1894.[4]

Personal life

Fielden was twice married. He married firstly, in 1884, Mary Ellen Knowles, a daughter of Thomas Knowles of Darn Hall, Cheshire, who was MP for Wigan, by whom he had three sons and one daughter. She died in London on 31 May 1902.[11] He married secondly, in 1906, Mysie, daughter of William Theed.[6] The latter predeceased her husband by three weeks in 1942.[7]

For much of his life he kept a family base, within his earlier constituency's area, at

Nash.[7]

References

  1. ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1942. Kelly's. p. 694.
  3. ^ Mate, Charles H., ed. (1907). Shropshire, Historical, Descriptive, Biographical. Part II – Biographical. Mate. p. 37.
  4. ^ a b c d "Headington Listed Buildings History; Bury Knowle House".Accessed 4 September 2021.
  5. ^ "House of Commons debates, vol 131 cc1470-7". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 17 March 1904. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
  6. ^ a b Who Was Who 1941–1950. A and C Black. 1952. p. 384.
  7. ^ a b c d "Death of Mr. E.B. Fielden". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 3 April 1942. p. 5.
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  9. ^ "No. 28473". The London Gazette. 7 March 1911. p. 19521.
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  11. ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 36783. London. 2 June 1902. p. 1.
  12. ^ Kelly's Directory of Shropshire 1895. Kelly. pp. 118, 287.
  13. ^ Pugh, R.B., ed. (1968). Victoria County History of Shropshire, Volume VIII. Oxford University Press. p. 39.

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