Charles Fenwick (1850 - 1918)

Born 5 May 1850 in Cramlington, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Jane (Gardner) Fenwick — married 1869 (to 1918) in Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Charles was born in 1850. He passed away in 1918.

Charles was a British trade unionist and Liberal–Labour politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1918.

Charles was born in Cramlington, Northumberland, the son of miner John Fenwick, and became a coal miner himself at the age of ten. In 1863 joined the union and gradually became prominent within the Northumberland Miners' Association, his local union. He also became a Primitive Methodist preacher.

In 1869 he married Jane Gardner, they would have two sons. Charles's marriage was registered in the Jul-Aug-Sep quarter of 1869 in the Tynemouth district.^[1]

At the 1885 general election, Fenwick was elected as the Lib–Lab Member of Parliament for Wansbeck and held the seat until his death. He made over 500 contributions in Parliament.

In 1890, Fenwick was elected Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) – the post which later became the General Secretary.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Registration: "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
   citing 1869, quarter 3, vol. 10B, p. 332, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, General Register Office, Southport, England
   FamilySearch Record: 2D2C-P7D (accessed 7 December 2023)
   Charles Fenwick marriage registered Jul-Aug-Sep 1869 in Tynemouth.

Primary

• https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-charles-fenwick/index.html

Secondary

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fenwick
• https://spartacus-educational.com/TUfenwick.htm