George Faber (British politician)

George Henry Faber (10 December 1839 – 6 April 1910)[1] was a British insurance underwriter and a Liberal Party politician.

George Faber

Faber was born in Camberwell, and became a member of Willis, Faber and Company, of Cornhill, underwriters specialising in marine insurance.[2] He was on the committee of Lloyd's of London, and The Times newspaper reported in 1906 that he might have been chairman of Lloyd's if he had wanted the post.[2]

He was elected at the 1906 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Boston in Lincolnshire,[3] but did not stand again at the January 1910 election.[4] He died in April 1910, aged 70.[1]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
  2. "Biographies Of New Members". The Times. London. 19 January 1906. p. 15, col B.
  3. "No. 27885". The London Gazette. 13 February 1906. p. 1038.
  4. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 78. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Garfit
Member of Parliament for Boston
1906January 1910
Succeeded by
Charles Harvey Dixon


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