Misplaced Pages

Francis Fetherston

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
English politician

Francis Fetherston or Fetherstonhaugh (born c. 1575) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1624.

Fetherston was the son of John Fetherstonhaugh of Stanhope Hall, County Durham and his wife Margaret Radcliff daughter of Anthony Radcliff of Blanchland, Northumberland. He matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford on 11 July 1588, aged 13. He was a student of Gray's Inn in 1591. In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for New Romney. He was re-elected MP for New Romney in 1624.

References

  1. Pedigrees recorded at Visitations of the County Palatine of Durham
  2. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Faber-Flood', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 480-509. Date accessed: 22 December 2011
Parliament of England
Preceded bySir Arthur Ingram
Robert Wilcock
Member of Parliament for New Romney
1621–1624
With: Sir Peter Manwood 1621–1622
Richard Godfrey 1622–1624
Succeeded bySir Edmund Verney
Richard Godfrey
Categories: