George Moffatt (English politician)

George Moffatt (11 May 1806 – 20 February 1878) was a British Liberal Party politician.[1][2]

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Dartmouth 1845–52, Ashburton 1852–59, Honiton 1860–65, and Southampton 1865–68.[1] He subsequently contested the 1870 Isle of Wight by-election, losing by 35 votes.[3]

He was also the owner of Goodrich Court, a neo-gothic castle in Herefordshire.[2]

References

  1. "Obituary". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 25 February 1878. p. 10.
  2. Burke, Sir Bernard (1886). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 1279. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  3. The committee for conducting the election of George Moffatt, esq. (1870). Poll Book at the Election of a Knight of the Shire for the County of the Isle of Wight. Southampton: Hampshire Independent.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Joseph Somes
Member of Parliament for Dartmouth
18451852
Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Herbert
Preceded by
Thomas Matheson
Member of Parliament for Ashburton
18521859
Succeeded by
John Harvey Astell
Preceded by
Alexander Baillie-Cochrane and
Joseph Locke
Member of Parliament for Honiton
18601865
With: Alexander Baillie-Cochrane
Succeeded by
Alexander Baillie-Cochrane and
Frederick Goldsmid
Preceded by
William Digby Seymour and
William Anderson Rose
Member of Parliament for Southampton
18651868
With: Russell Gurney
Succeeded by
Russell Gurney and
Peter Merrick Hoare


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