Edward Johnson-Ferguson, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Edward Johnson-Ferguson

British politician

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1849

Date of Death: 10-Dec-1929

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Sir Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson, 1st Baronet (27 November 1849 – 10 December 1929) was an English businessman and Liberal politician. Johnson-Ferguson was born Jabez Edward Johnson at Salford, Lancashire.
He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.
He was a merchant of Lancashire living at Kenyan Hall near Manchester and chairman of his company, which had several names including Messrs Jabez Johnson & Co and Jabez Johnson, Hodgkinson and Pearson, Ltd.
He was also a director of Williams, Deacon & Manchester and Salford Bank Ltd.
In 1881 he assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Ferguson in 1881. Johnson-Ferguson was elected as Member of Parliament for Loughborough in 1885.
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 Co.
Ltd, a mining company, and became its chairman and managing director in 1906 until his death.
He became a baronet on 18 July 1906.