Edward Johnson-Ferguson

November 27, 1849 (age 80)

Salford, Lancashire

He was merchant of Lancashire living at Kenyan Hall near Manchester and chairman of his company which had several names including Messrs Jabez Johnson & Company and Jabez Johnson, Hodgkinson and Pearson, Limited. He was also a director of Williams, Deacon & Manchester and Salford Bank Limited. In 1881 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Ferguson in 1881. He was a radical liberal. He lost the seat in 1886, but regained it in 1892, holding it until 1906. In 1891 he became a director of Bolckow Vaughan Company Limited, a mining company, and became its chairman and managing director in 1906 until his death. He became a baronet on 18 July 1906.

Edward Johnson-Ferguson

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Johnson-Ferguson was born Jabez Edward Johnson at Salford, Lancashire.

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He was educated at Street John"s College, Cambridge.

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He was merchant of Lancashire living at Kenyan Hall near Manchester and chairman of his company which had several names including Messrs Jabez Johnson & Company and Jabez Johnson, Hodgkinson and Pearson, Limited. He was also a director of Williams, Deacon & Manchester and Salford Bank Limited. In 1881 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Ferguson in 1881.

He was a radical liberal.

He lost the seat in 1886, but regained it in 1892, holding it until 1906. In 1891 he became a director of Bolckow Vaughan Company

Limited, a mining company, and became its chairman and managing director in 1906 until his death. He became a baronet on 18 July 1906.

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23rd United Kingdom Parliament. 25th United Kingdom Parliament. 26th United Kingdom Parliament]

Johnson-Ferguson was elected as Member of Parliament for Loughborough in 1885.

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