Theodore Fry
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Sir Theodore Fry, 1st Baronet (1 May 1836 – 5 February 1912) was an English
Liberal Party
politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1895.
Fry was the son of Francis Fry
FSA of Bristol and his wife Matilda Penrose, daughter of Daniel Penrose. He was educated at Bristol. He was active in business in the North East being director of the Bearpark Coal and Coke Co, director of Shildon and Weardale Waterworks and head of Fry Janson and Co iron manufacturers of Darlington. He was mayor of Darlington 1877 - 1878.
At the 1880 general election
Fry was elected Member of Parliament
(MP) for Darlington
, and held the seat until the 1895 general election
. He was made a baronet of Woodburn in the County of Durham in 1894.
Fry died at the age of 76 at his residence, Beechhanger Court, Caterham
.
Fry married Sophia Pease
(1837–1897), a philanthropist and political activist and granddaughter of the railway pioneer Edward Pease. After Sophia Fry's death, he married Florence Bates in 1902.
England
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Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1895.
Fry was the son of Francis Fry
Francis Fry
-Life:Fry was born at Westbury-on-Trym, near Bristol, on 28 October 1803, the second son of Joseph Storrs Fry. He was educated at a large school at Fishponds, in the neighbourhood of Frenchay, kept by a Quaker named Joel Lean, and began business training at Croydon....
FSA of Bristol and his wife Matilda Penrose, daughter of Daniel Penrose. He was educated at Bristol. He was active in business in the North East being director of the Bearpark Coal and Coke Co, director of Shildon and Weardale Waterworks and head of Fry Janson and Co iron manufacturers of Darlington. He was mayor of Darlington 1877 - 1878.
At the 1880 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1880
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...
Fry was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Darlington
Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)
Darlington is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
, and held the seat until the 1895 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1895
The United Kingdom general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives led by Lord Salisbury who formed an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party and had a large majority over the Liberals, led by Lord Rosebery...
. He was made a baronet of Woodburn in the County of Durham in 1894.
Fry died at the age of 76 at his residence, Beechhanger Court, Caterham
Caterham
Caterham is a town in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. The town is geographically divided into two sections: Caterham on the Hill and Caterham Valley - the main town centre. The town lies close to the A22, a few miles south of Croydon, in a valley cut into the dip slope of the North Downs...
.
Fry married Sophia Pease
Pease family (Darlington)
The Pease family was a prominent English and mostly Quaker family associated with Darlington and County Durham and descended from Joseph Pease of Darlington, son of Edward Pease . They were 'one of the great Quaker industrialist families of the nineteenth century, who played a leading role in...
(1837–1897), a philanthropist and political activist and granddaughter of the railway pioneer Edward Pease. After Sophia Fry's death, he married Florence Bates in 1902.