FENWICK, Robert (1688-1750), of Burrow Hall, Lancs.

In 1727 Fenwick stood for Morpeth, near his father’s estate, with the support of the corporation, offering £25 a vote. Defeated by Lord Carlisle’s candidate, Thomas Robinson, he petitioned, but eventually withdrew his petition at the instance of the corporation and to oblige Lord Carlisle.J. M. Fewster, ’Politics and Admin. of Morpeth in 18th Cent.’ (Durham Univ. Ph.D. thesis), 56-59. Returned for Lancaster as an independent Whig after a contest in 1734 and unopposed in 1741, he voted against the Administration in all recorded divisions except that for the dismissal of Walpole in 1741, when he withdrew. Retiring in 1747, he died 13 Feb. 1750.