John Fenton-Cawthorne was a British Conservative politician, who served as MP for Lincoln

Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency)

Lincoln is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

 between 1783 and 1796 and as MP for Lancaster

Lancaster (UK Parliament constituency)

Lancaster was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1867, centred on the historic city of Lancaster in north-west England...

for four terms in the early 19th century.

Early life

Fenton-Cawthorne was born in 1753 to James Fenton of Lancaster, a barrister and his wife Elizabeth.

MP for Lincoln

He was first elected as an MP in January 1783 and was an opponent of the abolition of the slave trade.

Court-martial

In 1796 Fenton-Cawthorne was found guilty by a court martial of divers charges and expelled from Parliament. It was ruled that he had "acted fraudulently and in a scandalous and infamous manner".

MP for Lancaster

Fenton-Cawthorne returned to Parliament in 1806 as MP for Lancaster. His older brother also entered Parliament at the same time as MP for Fife.

He died in 1851.