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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