Background
He was the son of Matthew Fetherstonhaugh of Featherstone Castle, Northumberland.
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Matthew Matthew Fetherstonhaugh
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Career
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 a baronet, of Featherstonehaugh in the County of Northumberland, in the Baronetage of Great Britain. In the 1750s he commissioned architect James Paine to design and build Dover House, Whitehall, London.
Membership
Royal Society; 11th Parliament of Great Britain. 12th Parliament of Great Britain. 13th Parliament of Great Britain]
He served as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Morpeth from 1755 to 1761 and for Portsmouth from 1762 to 1774.
