Thomas Fielden (politician)

Thomas Fielden (1854 – 5 October 1897)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.

He was born at Todmorden, Lancashire, in 1854, eldest son of Joshua Fielden.

In 1878 he married Martha, daughter of Thomas Knowles of Darn Hall, Cheshire, who was Member of Parliament for Wigan[2] Coincidentally, his brother, Edward, married another daughter of Knowles, Mary Ellen, later on in 1884.

[2] He was elected at the 1886 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Middleton division of Lancashire, a constituency that included his ancestral home at Todmorden, having unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1885.

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