Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, 1st Baronet

Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, 1st Baronet FRS pronounced "fan-shaw" (c. 1714^[1] – 1774) was an English politician and landowner.

He was the son of Matthew Fetherstonhaugh of Featherstone Castle, Northumberland. In 1746 he inherited the estates of a kinsman Sir Henry Fetherston but not Sir Henry's baronetcy which became extinct on his death. However on 3 January 1747 Fetherstonhaugh was created a Baronet, of Featherstonehaugh in the County of Northumberland, in the Baronetage of Great Britain.

On his marriage to Sarah Lethseullier he bought Uppark, Sussex and the manors of East And West Harting and in 1747 sold the family estate at Featherstone to James Wallace.

He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Morpeth from 1755 to 1761 and for Portsmouth from 1762 to 1774.

In the 1750s he commissioned architect James Paine to design and build Dover House, Whitehall, London.

He was succeeded by his son Henry.

References

1. ^ Jeremy Black, "The British and the Grand Tour", (1985), p122

Sources

• A History of Northumberland (1840) Rev JC Hodgson Pt 2 Vol 3 p355
• Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Robert Ord Thomas Duncombe	Member of Parliament for Morpeth 1755 – 1761 With: Thomas Duncombe	Succeeded by Viscount Garlies Thomas Duncombe
Preceded by Sir William Rowley Sir Edward Hawke	Member of Parliament for Portsmouth 1761 – 1774 With: Sir Edward Hawke	Succeeded by Peter Taylor Sir Edward Hawke
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation	Baronet (of Fetherstonhaugh) 1747–1774	Succeeded by Henry Fetherstonhaugh