Sir George Elliot, 2nd Baronet

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Sir
George William Elliot
2nd Baronet
Born (1844-05-13)13 May 1844
Houghton-le-Spring, England
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Folkestone, England
Nationality English
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge
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Parent(s) Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet

Sir George William Elliot, 2nd Baronet (13 May 1844 - 15 November 1895) was an English colliery owner and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1874 and 1895.

Elliot was born at Houghton-le-Spring, the son of Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet and his wife Margaret Green, daughter of George Green. His father had been MP for North Durham.[1] Elliot was educated at Edinburgh[clarification needed] and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was an athletics blue in 1865 and 1866.[2] He was the owner of a colliery.[1]

At the 1874 general election Elliot was elected Member of Parliament for Northallerton. He held the seat until 1885.[3] In 1886 he was elected MP for Richmond and held the seat until 1895.[4] He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father in 1893.

Elliot was master of the Bedale Hunt from 1884 to 1888, a Deputy Lieutenant for Monmouth and a J.P. He died at Folkestone at the age of 51 .[2]

Elliot married Sarah Taylor, daughter of Charles Taylor a colliery owner of Sunderland in 1866.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Northallerton
1874 – 1885		 Constituency abolished
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Richmond
1886 – 1895		 Succeeded by
John Hutton


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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
  4. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
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