Matthew Fowler Explained

Matthew Fowler JP MP (1845 – 13 June 1898), was a British Liberal Party politician.

Fowler was the son of Alderman Fowler who was five times Mayor of Durham. Like his father Fowler was also Mayor of Durham. He was appointed a Justice of the peace. He was the successful Liberal candidate for the City of Durham at the 1892 General Election. He was re-elected at the 1895 General Election. Fowler was elected an Alderman of Durham City in 1897.^[1]

Notes and References

1. 'FOWLER, Matthew’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 19 Jan 2015