Francis Fetherston or Fetherstonhaugh (born c. 1575) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1621 to 1624. Fetherston was the son of John Fetherstonhaugh of Stanhope Hall, County Durham and his wife Margaret Radcliff daughter of Anthony Radcliff of Blanchland, Northumberland. He matriculated at

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on 11 July 1588, aged 13. He was a student of

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in 1591. In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for

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. He was re-elected MP for New Romney in 1624.'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Faber-Flood', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714: Abannan-Kyte (1891), pp. 480-509. Date accessed: 22 December 2011
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1570s births Year of death missing Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Members of Gray's Inn English MPs 1621–1622 English MPs 1624–1625 {{1624-England-MP-stub