Henry Feilden (Conservative politician)

Henry Master Feilden was an English Conservative Party politician.

Career

On 16 March 1869, the result of the 1868 [United Kingdom general election|1868 general election] in the Blackburn (UK [Parliament constituency)|borough of Blackburn] was declared null and void, after an election petition had been lodged.
The two Conservatives who had been elected, William [Henry Hornby (1805–1884)|William Henry Hornby] and Feilden's father Joseph Feilden, were unseated when Mr Justice Willes found that there had been widespread intimidation of voters. Henry Feilden was elected at the resulting 1869 [Blackburn by-election|by-election on 31 March 1869], along with William Henry Hornby's son Edward.
Both candidates had appealed for support as a tribute to their fathers.
Feilden was re-elected at the 1874 [United Kingdom general election|1874 general election],
and held the seat until his death in 1875
aged 57.