Wednesday 30 March 2016

1163 George Fuller


Constituency  : Westbury  1885-95

George  took  Westbury  from  the  Tories.

George  was  the  son  of  a  brewer  from  Wiltshire. He  was  educated  at  Wiltshire  and  Oxford. He  was  a  keen  cricketer. He  inherited a  share  in  the  family  business  and  was  also  chairman  of  Avon  Rubber. He  also  managed  an  estate. He  stood  for  North  Wiltshire  in  1880. He  was  the  brother-in-law  of  the  prominent  Tory  Michael  Hicks-Beach.

George  proposed  an  amendment  to  the  rent  fixing  propositions  of  the  Crofters  Bill  in  1886.

George  was  defeated  by  166  votes  in  1895. His  son  John  regained  the  seat in  1900.

George  was a  member  of  Wiltshire  County Council.

He  died  in  1927  aged  94.


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