Sir Frederick Frank Arthur Burden (27 December 1905 – 6 July 1987) was a British Conservative politician and vice-chairman of the RSPCA.
Burden contested South Shields as a National Labour candidate in 1935, and as a Conservative stood in Finsbury in 1945 and Rotherhithe in a 1946 by-election.
By the time of his retirement at the age of 77, he was one of the oldest sitting MPs, as well as one of the longest serving, with 33 years to his credit.
[2] In response, Burden stated that he did not believe there was an issue with him belonging to both organisations and defended the Kent Wildfowlers Association.
[2] The RSPCA chairman John Hobhouse responded that "we certainly object to the shooting of birds for pleasure, I would prefer if he wasn't involved".