Constituency : Kincardineshire 1872-92
George took over at Kincardineshire after the death of James Nicol.
George was destined for an army career from the start. He was the son of a captain and educated at Addiscombe Military Academy. He became a lieutenant in the Madras Artillery in 1825. From 1840 he served in China and was put in charge of captured property in China and money paid under the Treaty of Nanking. He was consul in Shanghai from 1843 to 1846. He became lieutenant-colonel in 1854. He was Inspector - General of Ordnance in Madras from 1857 to 1859 and then held posts on the Military Finance Department in India from 1859 to 1865 when he became a major-general. He returned to England and worked on recruitment at the War Office until 1871.
George continued in the army after his election rising to the rank of general in charge of the Royal Artillery. Despite his military background he advocated a reduction in expenditure on the army. He spoke frequently in the Commons on military and Indian matters.
George was an early ecologist opposing deforestation in India as causing climate change.
George married Charlotte, daughter of the Radical Joseph Hume.
He died in 1894 aged 85.
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