Frederick Thomas Penton (1851 – 12 June 1929) was a British army officer and Conservative Party politician.
[1][2] He was the eldest son of Colonel Henry Penton, developer of the Pentonville area of London and his wife, Eliza Maria nee Langley of Brittas Castle, County Tipperary.
[2][3] In June 1886 he was unanimously selected by the Conservative Party to contest the seat of Finsbury Central.
[4] Penton won the seat, unseating the sitting Liberal Party Member of Parliament, Howard Spensley, by the narrow margin of 5 votes.
[3] He died at his home in South Kensington in June 1929, and was buried at St Peter's Church, Old Steine, Brighton.