George Potts (1807 – 20 September 1863) was a British Liberal and Conservative politician. Potts was the son of William Potts and Mary (née Bayly), daughter of William Bayly. He married three times, including to his cousin Ellen ńee Reed, daughter of James Reed, in 1847. He had at least two sons including Dr Walter Jeffery Potts (1837–1898), who married Julia Beevor and had at least one son, Charles Herbert Beevor-Potts (1864–1953), a leading magistrate in

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, Vancouver Island, Canada. Potts first stood for election at

Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...

at the 1857 general election as a

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Conservative—or Liberal Conservative—but was unsuccessful. He again stood for the seat at the next general election in 1859, joining the Liberal Party after its formation, and held the seat until his death in 1863.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Potts, George UK MPs 1859–1865 1807 births 1863 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Barnstaple