Born at Lower Crimble Farm,[1] Fenton lived in Rochdale, where he worked as a banker.
At the 1832 UK general election, he stood for the Whigs in Rochdale.
He held the seat in the 1837 UK general election but chose not to contest it in 1841.
[3] Another son, Arthur, married the novelist Gertrude Fenton.
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