William Fellowes

William Fellowes (c.1717–1804) was an English politician

Life

He was the son of Coulson Fellowes of Ramsey Abbey, Huntingdonshire, and his wife Urania Herbert, sister of Francis Herbert. He was educated at a school in Dalston, and matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge in 1744, aged 17.

Fellowes entered parliament in 1768 as member for Ludlow: his mother's brother, Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, brought him in unopposed with his local interest. He generally supported the administrations of Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton and Lord North. He did not stand in the 1774 general election. He was High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1779.

In 1774 Fellowes had agreed to support Viscount Hinchingbrooke in Huntingdonshire, so acquiring the support of the Tory John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, his father. He returned to parliament in 1784 for Andover, once more unopposed, backed by John Wallop, 2nd Earl of Portsmouth, married to his sister Urania. He held the Andover seat until 1796, but is not recorded as speaking in the House of Commons, and had a meagre voting record.

Family

Fellowes married in 1768, Lavinia Smyth, daughter of James Smyth of St Audries in Somerset. They had three sons and two daughters. William Henry Fellowes was their eldest son. Edward Fellowes R.N. was another son.