Frederick Pennington

Frederick Pennington (7 March 1819 – 11 May 1914) was an English merchant and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1885.

Life Pennington was the son of John Pennington, cotton spinner and merchant of Hindley, Lancashire and Elizabeth, daughter of John Hargreaves of Westhoughton. He was educated at Dr Formby's school at Southport and in Paris from 1830 to 1832. After many years working as an East India Company merchant, he retired from business in 1865. He was a J.P. for Surrey.

Pennington was a member of the council of the Anti-Corn Law League which he supported generously. He was an advanced Liberal, part of the relatively radical Liberal group, championing free trade, the end to church-state mixed local administration and mass production.

Pennington lived at Broome Hall, Holmwood on the southern slopes of the Greensand Ridge, Surrey where the weekend gatherings included many eminent guests from the worlds of politics, art and literature. She was heavily involved in the women's movement and a campaigner for emancipation and suffrage. One of Pennington's sisters married Thomas Thomasson. He died, aged 95, survived by his widow at his London home or rental, 17 Hyde Park Terrace. His probate was sworn in 1914 at .