George Edgcumbe (1800–1882)
The Honourable George Edgcumbe (23 June 1800 – 18 February 1882)[1] was a British diplomat and politician.
He was the youngest son of Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. He was educated at Harrow School, and at Balliol College, Oxford. In 1834, he married Fanny Lucy, daughter of Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet; they had 6 children.[2]
At the general election in June 1826 he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the rotten borough of Plympton Erle,[3] on his father's interest.[2] However, he resigned his seat in December that year,[2] by taking the sinecure of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.
He then became a diplomat, serving in Switzerland, Tuscany, and Hanover.[2]
References[]
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Jenkins, Terry (2009). D.R. Fisher (ed.). "EDGCUMBE, Hon. George (1800-1882), of Mount Edgcumbe, Cornw". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ "No. 18263". The London Gazette. 30 June 1826. p. 1615.
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