Constituency : Glasgow 1868-85
Glasgow was awarded a third seat in the 1868 redistribution and George joined the Liberal incumbents as the new MP.
George was a businessman.
George supported reductions in military expenditure and wanted to see army pay and pensions reduced.
In 1870 George formed a company to mine silver in Utah raising much of his capital in Glasgow. When the company collapsed in 1873 many of the shareholders sued due to inaccurate production figures. George was reported to be bankrupt as a result although his political career survived.
George welcomed Gladstone's Bulgarian pamphlet.
George resigned the seat in 1885 to become Master of the Mint in Melbourne, Australia. Vanity Fair commented, "After many years' persistent hunting of, and denouncing of sinecures , he has at last accepted one to console his declining years ".
George was a fan of skating and wrote about it under the pseudonym "Cyclos".
He died in 1896 aged 77.
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