George Gustavus Walker

Sir George Gustavus Walker KCB JP DL (18 January 1830 – 5 August 1897) was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).

The son of John Walker, of Crawfordton, and his wife, Jessy,^[1] he was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford. He was the Conservative MP for Dumfriesshire, elected at the 1865 general election. He lost to Liberal Sydney Waterlow at the 1868 general election, but regained his seat at a by-election in 1869 owing to the disqualification of Waterlow when he became a government contractor. Walker stepped down at the 1874 general election. John Hope-Johnstone (1842–1912) subsequently won the seat for the Tories. He was appointed KCB in 1892.

He married Anne Murray Lennock, only daughter of Admiral George Gustavus Lennock.^[2] They had three sons and seven daughters, one of whom, Ethel Mary Walker, became the second wife of the Liberal politician Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne.

References

^ Who's who of British members of parliament, Vol1, 1832-1885; Michael Stenton, Stephen Lees
^ Who's who of British members of parliament, Vol1, 1832-1885; Michael Stenton, Stephen Lees

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Hope-Johnstone (1)	Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire 1865 – 1868	Succeeded by Sydney Waterlow
Preceded by Sydney Waterlow	Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire 1869 – 1874	Succeeded by John Hope-Johnstone (2)

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