George Skene (advocate)
George Skene may refer to: * George Skene (physician) (1741–1803), Scottish physician * George Skene (politician) (1749-1825), Scottish army officer and politician * Provost Skene Sir George Skene of Fintray (1619–1708) was a Scottish merchant in the Baltic trade who served as Provost of the city of Aberdeen from 1676 to 1685. He was knighted in 1681. He was a burgh commissioner for Aberdeen in the Parliament of S ...

George Skene (physician)
Prof George Skene of Rubislaw (1741–1803) was an 18th-century Scottish physician who co-founded the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783. Life He was born in Rubislaw House in Aberdeen in 1741 the son of Francis Skene, Regent of Marischal College and great grandson of George Skene, Provost of Aberdeen. He studied Medicine at Aberdeen University. In 1760 (aged only 19) he became Professor of Medicine and Regent of Marischal College (in the place of his father). In 1775 he became Professor of Natural Philosophy. In 1788 he became Professor of Civil and Natural History. He died in Aberdeen on 25 March 1803. Family Skene married Margaret Gordon, daughter of Charles Gordon of Abergeldie. They had 11 children. Their daughter Emelia married Edmund Filmer, and was mother of Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet (14 June 1809 – 8 January 1857) was an English Conservative Party politician. Life He was the son of Edmund Filmer, a younger son of Sir Edmun ...
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George Skene (politician)
George Skene (9 May 1749 – 27 April 1825), of Skene, was a Scottish army officer and politician. Life The eldest son of George Skene of Skene, George the younger was educated for the law, and became an advocate at the Scottish bar, although he never practised. He subsequently entered the army, and rose to the rank of captain in the 81st Highlanders in 1781, the year he succeeded his father in the estate of Skene. Skene was a committed Whig and supporter of Charles James Fox. He was elected as the member of parliament (MP) for Aberdeenshire at a by-election in 1786, defeating the Tory James Ferguson, but declined to contest the latter for the seat in 1790. He briefly returned to Parliament, representing Elgin Burghs, from 1806 to 1807. His "violent" Whiggery and alcoholism much impaired his political career, but he remained influential in the public affairs of Aberdeenshire, in part due to his pleasant manner. Upon his death, he was succeeded by his brother Alexander Skene ...
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