George Cumming (20 November 1752 – 1 May 1834)
was a Scottish politician. He sat in the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England.
The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 me ...
for two periods between 1803 and 1826.
A brother of
Sir Alexander Cumming-Gordon, he served with the
British East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...
before becoming a financial speculator in London.
He was elected at a by-election in 1803 as the
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
(MP) for the
Inverness Burghs,
succeeding his brother in the family-controlled seat.
He stood down at the
1806 general election in favour of a relative,
Francis Grant. However, control of the seat slipped from his family, and he was defeated when he stood again in
1807
Events
January–March
* January 7 – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland issues an Order in Council prohibiting British ships from trading with France or its allies.
* January 20 – The Sierra Leone Company, faced with b ...
.
After an agreement between the rival factions, he was re-elected in
1818 and
1820
Events
January–March
*January 1 – Nominal beginning of the Trienio Liberal in Spain: A constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament (March 7).
*January 8 – General Maritime T ...
,
and held the seat until
1826
Events January–March
* January 15 – The French newspaper ''Le Figaro'' begins publication in Paris, initially as a weekly.
* January 30 – The Menai Suspension Bridge, built by engineer Thomas Telford, is opened between the island o ...
.
References
External links
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1752 births
1834 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
UK MPs 1802–1806
UK MPs 1818–1820
UK MPs 1820–1826
British East India Company people
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