Frederick Perkins (MP)

Frederick Perkins
MP
Member of Parliament
for Southampton
In office
6 February 1874 – 6 April 1880
Preceded byRussell Gurney
Peter Merrick Hoare
Succeeded byHenry Lee
Charles Parker Butt
Personal details
Born2 June 1826
Southampton
Died8 November 1902(1902-11-08) (aged 76)
Southampton
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)
Isabella Croskey
​
(m. 1858)​

Evelina Abraham
​
​
(m. 1847; died 1848)​
RelationsWalter Perkins
ChildrenSeven
ParentRichard Hopkins Perkins

Sir Frederick Perkins (2 June 1826 – 8 November 1902)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician, brewer, and wine and spirit merchant.[2]

Political career

Perkins began his political career as a Liberal town councillor for Southampton's All Saints Ward in the 1850s, and shortly after that became Mayor of Southampton, a role he held on five occasions: in 1859, 1861, 1862, 1868, and 1869.[3] During his mayoralty, he received the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) on their way to Osborne House after their wedding in 1863.[4] In 1872, he was then made Sheriff of London and Middlesex, before being knighted in 1873.[2]

He then entered Parliament as MP for Southampton in 1874, but stood down before the next election in 1880.[5][6]

Perkins was a Justice of the peace and a prominent Freemason, and was elected a member of the Royal Geographical Society in recognition of the interest he took in the North Atlantic Telegraph Cable Expedition which started from Southampton.[4]

Family

Perkins, the son of Richard Hopkins Perkins, married three times during his life. His first marriage to Evelina Abraham, the daughter of Abraham Abraham, of Brussels, was short-lived; they married in 1847, but she died on their first anniversary in 1848, but not before they had a child, Arthur Frederick.[7][6]

He married again in 1858 to Isabella Bloomfield Croskey (d. 1885), daughter of Joseph Rodney Croskey, American Consul at Southampton. They had six children: Rodney Croskey (born 1859), Richard Harry (born 1864), Julian Tolmé (born 1867), Teresa Macombe, Evelina Daisy, and Amy Bloomfield.[6]

His third marriage in the 1890s was to Mary Sherman, daughter of Robert Sherman, who succeeded him.[8]

Perkins died at Southampton on 8 November 1902.[4]

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
  2. ^ a b "Perkins, Sir Frederick". Sotonopedia. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. ^ "List of Southampton Mayors: 1217 to date" (PDF). Southampton City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Obituaries - Sir Frederick Perkins". The Times. No. 36921. London. 10 November 1902. p. 6.
  5. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  6. ^ a b c Foster, Joseph (2013). The baronetage and knightage. Michigan: Nichols and Sons. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  7. ^ Preston, Richard (2014). "Abraham Abraham: a forgotten politician of mid-nineteenth century Southampton" (PDF). Southampton Local History Forum (22). Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  8. ^ Whitaker′s Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1907
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Southampton
1874–1880
With: Alfred Giles (1878–1880)
Russell Gurney (1874–1878) 		Succeeded by


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