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Enoch Baldwin (5 August 1822 – 1905) was an English iron founder and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885. Baldwin was the son of Enoch Baldwin, iron founder of Stourport-on-Severn, whose brother was George Pearce Baldwin. He became a member of the family firm of Baldwin, Son & Co in 1839, becoming in time senior partner. In 1880, Baldwin was elected Member of Parliament for Bewdley after the sitting MP Charles Harrison was unseated on petition. He held the seat until 1885. He subsequently became JP for Worcestershire and in March 1889 a County Councillor.