| Edward Matthew Fenwick | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Lancaster |
| Term Start: | 13 April 1864 |
| Term End: | 23 April 1866 |
| Alongside: | Henry Schneider (1865–1866) Samuel Gregson (1864–1865) |
| Predecessor: | William Garnett Samuel Gregson |
| Successor: | Constituency disenfranchised |
| Birth Name: | Edward Matthew Reid |
| Birth Date: | 1812 |
| Death Place: | Burrow Hall, Burrow-with-Burrow, Lancashire, England |
| Nationality: | British |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Parents: | Edward James Reid Caroline Cuddon |
| Children: | Two |
Edward Matthew Fenwick (1812 – 16 October 1877),[1] also known as Edward Matthew Reid, was a British Liberal Party politician.
Fenwick was the second son of Edward James and Caroline (née Cuddon) Reid. At some point he changed his name by Royal Licence from Reid to Fenwick. In 1841, he married Sarah Fenwick Bowen, daughter of Thomas Fenwick, and they had at least two children: Thomas Fenwick Fenwick (1842–1907), and Robert Fenwick Fenwick (–1868).[2] [1]
Fenwick was elected Liberal MP for Lancaster at a by-election in 1864—caused by the resignation of William Garnett—and held the seat until 1866 when he was unseated for corruption. The seat was later disenfranchised under the Reform Act 1867.[3] [1] [2]
Fenwick was also a Justice of the Peace for Lancashire, Yorkshire and Westmorland, and, in 1865, Deputy Lieutenant for Lancaster.[2] [1] [4]