Constituency : Bradford Central 1906-16
George defeated the Liberal Unionist James Wanklyn to take the seat.
George was born in London and educated at the Westminster Hospital Medical School. In 1878 he joined the Indian Medical Service and served in the Anglo-Afghan War of 1878-80. In 1888 he switched to the Indian Foreign Office and a year later set out on an exploratory journey to the region of Kafiristan. This provided the material for his book The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush published in 1896. His subsequent adventures in India became more political than medical and in 1895 he was besieged in Chitral Fort. He retired from the Indian Service in 1899. He stood for Stirlingshire in 1900.
He died on New Year's Day, 1916 aged 63.
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