George Woodford Thellusson

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George Woodford Thellusson (March 2, 1764 - December 30, 1811 in Rendlesham , Suffolk ) was a British politician.

Life

George Woodford Thellusson was born in 1764, the second son of entrepreneur Peter Thellusson. The politicians Peter and Charles Thellusson were his brothers. He attended Harrow School . On April 30, 1790 he married Mary Anne Fonnereau, one of the daughters of Philip Fonnereau . The marriage resulted in two daughters.

He ran in the constituency of Southwark in the 1796 general election and was elected to the House of Commons on May 28 . Four months later he was elected director of the British East India Company . He held this post until 1807. On November 11, 1796, Thellusson's election to the House of Commons was declared invalid at the instigation of George Tierney , Thellusson's main competitor in the previous parliamentary election. In the by-election on November 22, he was again able to prevail against Tierney. On December 21, 1796, he was again removed from his seat in Parliament and Tierney took his place.

In the parliamentary elections in 1802, he ran unsuccessfully together with his older brother Peter in the constituency of Okehampton. In 1803 he became a director at the Imperial Insurance Company. He held this post until his death. From 1804 to 1806 represented the constituency of Tregony in the House of Commons. In 1807 he was re-elected to the House of Commons for the constituency of Barnstaple. He was a member of this group until his death on December 30, 1811.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joseph Jackson Howard, Frederick Arthur Crisp [Ed.]: Visitation of England and Wales, Volume 13
personal data
SURNAME Thellusson, George Woodford
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1764
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1811
Place of death Rendlesham , Suffolk