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George Higginson Allsopp (28 March 1846 – 9 September 1907) was an English brewer and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1885 to 1906.

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Allsopp was born at

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, the son of Henry Allsopp, head of the brewery firm of

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and his wife Elizabeth Tongue. He was educated at Eton and

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and entered the family brewery. Between 1868 and 1871 he appeared in cricket matches for Worcestershire, although they did not qualify as first class. Allsopp was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Staffordshire and

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. He was at one time chairman of the Burton-on-Trent School Board Allsopp stood unsuccessfully for parliament at

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in 1880. At the 1885 general election, he was elected as

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for

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. He held the seat until he retired from politics at the 1906 election. Allsopp lived at Foston Hall, Derby and at 8, Hereford Gardens, Park Lane. He died at Salisbury at the age of 61. Allsopp married Mildred Georgiana Ashley-Cooper daughter of

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, in 1895.Conqueror 66-67
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, and his brothers

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and Frederic were also cricketers who played in first class games.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Allsopp, George Higginson 1846 births 1907 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge English brewers Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 Deputy Lieutenants of Staffordshire Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Worcester Younger sons of barons 19th-century English businesspeople

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