Frederick William Grafton (1816 – 27 January 1890) was a British industrialist and Liberal politician.
[2] He was a major employer in the area and was selected as a parliamentary candidate by the Liberal Party at the 1880 general election.
Although elected as a Liberal, he voted against the government's First Home Rule Bill and joined the Unionist Party.
[3] The rejection of the bill led to the dissolution of parliament, and Grafton announced that he would not be standing due to ill health.
Frederick Grafton died at his London residence, 7 Kensington Palace Gardens in January 1890, aged 74.