Constituency : Denbighshire 1868-85, East Denbighshire 1885-97
George entered the 1868 contest at the last minute and edged out the Adullamite Whig, Robert Myddleton-Biddulph at Denbighshire.
George was actually born in Sweden but the family came back to Wales. He was educated at Shrewsbury and Oxford. He became a barrister.
George was noted for introducing a Burials Bill in every year from 1870 to 1880 when it was passed into law. He was chairman of a Select Committee on Land Titles and Transfer from 1878-9. He supported Welsh disestablishment and the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth.
In 1880 George accepted the post of judge advocate general from Gladstone. He successfully introduced the Army Discipline Bill in 1881 and the Married Women's Property Bill of 1882. He feared the effect of the Irish vote in 1885. He was briefly under secretary of state for the Colonies in 1886.
George was made a baronet in 1891 by which time he was the effective leader of the Welsh Liberals. He did not like Lloyd George but had to ask for his help in the 1895 campaign.
He died in 1897 aged 71.
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