Sir George Elliot, 2nd Baronet

Sir George William Elliot 2nd Baronet
Born	13 May 1844 Houghton-le-Spring, England
Died	15 November 1895 (aged 51) Folkestone, England
Nationality	English
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupation	Colliery owner Member of Parliament Deputy Lieutenant for Monmouth Justice of the Peace
Parent(s)	Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet

Sir George William Elliot, 2nd Baronet (13 May 1844 - 15 November 1895) was an English colliery owner and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1874 and 1895.

Elliot was born at Houghton-le-Spring, the son of Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet and his wife Margaret Green, daughter of George Green. His father had been MP for North Durham.^[1] Elliot was educated at Edinburgh and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was an athletics blue in 1865 and 1866.^[2] He was the owner of a colliery.^[1]

At the 1874 general election Elliot was elected Member of Parliament for Northallerton. He held the seat until 1885.^[3] In 1886 he was elected MP for Richmond and held the seat until 1895.^[4] He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father in 1893.

Elliot was master of the Bedale Hunt from 1884 to 1888, a Deputy Lieutenant for Monmouth and a J.P. He died at Folkestone at the age of 51 .^[2]

Elliot married Sarah Taylor, daughter of Charles Taylor a colliery owner of Sunderland in 1866.

References

1. Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
2. "Elliot, George William (ELT863GW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Elliot