George Storer (10 September 1814 – 18 March 1888) was an English

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politician who sat in the

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from 1874 to 1885. Storer was the son of Rev. John Storer of Hawksworth, Nottinghamshire and his wife Charlotte Wylde, daughter of Rev. C Wylde rector of St Nicholas Nottingham. He was educated at Louth Grammar SchoolHouse of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
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. He was a captain in the Leicestershire (Belvoir) Rifle Volunteers and a J.P. for Nottinghamshire. At the 1874 general election Storer was elected unopposed as a

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(MP) for Nottinghamshire South. He was re-elected in

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and held the seat until the 1885 general election, when the constituency was abolished by the

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. Storer died at the age of 73. Storer married in 1859 Harriette Anne Manson, daughter of Moffat Palmer of Horncastle and widow of D Manson of Spyrie.

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* 1814 births 1888 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1874–1880 Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge People educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1810s-stub