death_date birth_date article_title name occupation
1 march 1831 5 january 1753 yes 5 january 1753 john fenton-cawthorne
 john fenton-cawthorne british member of parliament
john fenton-cawthorne

john fenton-cawthorne -lrb- 5 january 1753 -- 1 march 1831 -rrb- was a british conservative politician , who served as mp for lincoln between 1783 and 1796 and as mp for lancaster for four terms in the early 19th century .
fenton-cawthorne was born in 1753 to james fenton of lancaster , a barrister and his wife elizabeth and educated at queen 's college , oxford -lrb- 1771 -rrb- and gray 's inn -lrb- 1792 -rrb- .
he succeeded to the cawthorne estate in 1781 and took the additional surname of cawthorne .
he was first elected as an mp for lincoln in january 1783 and was an opponent of the abolition of the slave trade .
in 1796 fenton-cawthorne was found guilty by a court martial of various embezzlement charges and expelled from parliament .
it was ruled that he had `` acted fraudulently and in a scandalous and infamous manner '' .
fenton-cawthorne returned to parliament in 1806 as mp for lancaster .
his older brother also entered parliament at the same time as mp for fife .
he married frances , the daughter and coheiress of j. h. delaval .
