Montague Joseph Feilden
Montague Joseph Feilden | |
|---|---|
James Pilkington William Henry Hornby | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 May 1816 Feniscowles, Lancashire |
| Died | 17 October 1898 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Other political affiliations | Whig |
| Spouse(s) |
Alice Thoume (m. 1865)Mary Anne Valentine
(m. 1846; died 1859) |
| Parent(s) | William Feilden Mary Haughton Jackson |
| Residence(s) | The Chain, Preston, Lancashire |
Montague Joseph Feilden (8 May 1816 – 17 October 1898)[1] was a British Liberal and Whig politician.[2]
Born in
William and Mary Haughton (née Jackson) Feilden. He married firstly to Mary Anne Valentine, daughter of William Valentine, in 1846. After her death in 1859, he remarried to Alice Thoume, daughter of James Thoume, in 1865 and they had at least one child, Montague Leyland Feilden (1867–1900).[2]
Feilden was elected Whig MP for Blackburn at a by-election in 1853—caused by the election of William Eccles being declared void on petition, due to bribery[3]—and held the seat until 1857 when he did not seek re-election. He later attempted to regain the seat as a Liberal in 1868, but was unsuccessful.[4][5][2]
Feilden was also a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 3rd Battalion,
Justice of the Peace for Lancashire.[2]
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
- ^ a b c d "Montague Joseph Feilden". The Peerage. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Blackburn Election". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 26 March 1853. p. 5. Retrieved 14 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ Pink, William Dumcombe; Beavan, Alfred B. (1889). The Parliamentary Representation of Lancashire (County and Borough) 1258-1885 with Biographical and Genealogical Notices of the Members. London: Henry Gray. p. 317. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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