George Henry Faber (10 December 1839 – 6 April 1910) was a British insurance underwriter and a

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politician. Faber was born in Camberwell, and became a member of Willis, Faber and Company, of Cornhill, underwriters specialising in

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. He was on the committee of

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, and ''

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'' newspaper reported in 1906 that he might have been chairman of Lloyd's if he had wanted the post. He was elected at the 1906 general election as the

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(MP) for the

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, but did not stand again at the January 1910 election. He died in April 1910, aged 70.

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* 1839 births 1910 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1906–1910 Businesspeople in insurance Insurance underwriters {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub