Edward Johnson-Ferguson, 1st Baronet

Who was Edward Johnson-Ferguson, 1st Baronet?

Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson, 1st Baronet was an English businessman and Liberal politician. He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge.

Johnson-Ferguson was born Jabez Edward Johnson at 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 & 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 license 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.