Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, 1st Baronet
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Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh FRS (died 1774) was an English poliician 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 the 1st Baronet Featherstonehaugh 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 Member of Parliament for Morpeth 1755-1761 and for Portsmouth 1762-1774.
In the 1750s he commissioned architect James Paine to design and build Dover House, Whitehall, London.
He was succeeded by his son Henry
[edit] References
- A History of Northumberland (1840) Rev JC Hodgson Pt 2 Vol 3 p355
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
