George Moffatt (English politician)

George Moffatt (11 May 1806 – 20 February 1878) was a British Liberal Party politician.^[1]^[2]

He was the son of William And Alice Moffatt.

Political career

He unsuccessfully attempted to enter the Commons at a by-election in Ipswich in 1842. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Dartmouth 1845–52, Ashburton 1852–59, Honiton 1860–65, and Southampton 1865–68.^[1] He subsequently contested the 1870 Isle of Wight by-election, losing by 35 votes.^[3] He was also the owner of Goodrich Court, a neo-gothic castle in Herefordshire.^[2]

In 1856, he married Lucy Morrison (1825-1876), daughter of MP James Morrison They had four children:

^ ^a ^b "Obituary". The Times. 25 February 1878. p. 10.
^ ^a ^b Burke, Sir Bernard (1886). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 1279. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
^ The committee for conducting the election of George Moffatt, esq. (1870). Poll Book at the Election of a Knight of the Shire for the County of the Isle of Wight. Southampton: Hampshire Independent.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Joseph Somes	Member of Parliament for Dartmouth 1845–1852	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Herbert
Preceded by Thomas Matheson	Member of Parliament for Ashburton 1852–1859	Succeeded by John Harvey Astell
Preceded by Alexander Baillie-Cochrane and Joseph Locke	Member of Parliament for Honiton 1860–1865 With: Alexander Baillie-Cochrane	Succeeded by Alexander Baillie-Cochrane and Frederick Goldsmid
Preceded by William Digby Seymour and William Anderson Rose	Member of Parliament for Southampton 1865–1868 With: Russell Gurney	Succeeded by Russell Gurney and Peter Merrick Hoare

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