Sir Frederick William Fison, 1st Baronet (4 December 1847 – 20 December 1927) was an English mill-owner and Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1895 to 1906.

Fison was born at Bradford

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, the son of William Fison a manufacturer and his wife Fanny Whitaker. He was educated at Rugby School

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 and Christ Church, Oxford

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. He was a spinner and manufacturer and became a Justice of the Peace

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 (J.P.) and Deputy Lieutenant

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.

At the 1885 general election

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, Fison stood unsuccessfully for Parliament

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 in Otley

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 and he was unsuccessful again in Buckrose

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 in 1892

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. He finally entered the Commons at the 1895 general election

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, when he was elected as Member of Parliament

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 for Doncaster

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, holding that seat until his defeat at the 1906 general election

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. He was created baronet

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 on 27 July 1905.

Fison died at the age of 80.

Fison married Isabella Crossley, daughter of Joseph Crossley, on 23 April 1872. Their son William Fison

William Fison

Sir William Guy Fison, MC 3rd Baronet was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Fison was born in London the son of Sir Frederick Fison, 1st Baronet and his wife Isabella Crossley. His father was MP for Doncaster. He was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford...

was an Olympic rower.

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