George Traill (5 November 1787 – 29 September 1871)
was a
Liberal Party politician in
Scotland
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.
He was the
member of parliament
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(MP) for
Orkney and Shetland from 1830
until his defeat at the
1835 general election.
In
1837
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he stood unsuccessfully in
Caithness
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Caithness has a land boundary with the historic county of Sutherland to the west and is otherwise bounded by ...
,
[Craig, op. cit., page 578] but at the
1841 general election he was returned unopposed for that seat.
He was re-elected at the six further general elections,
and held the seat until he
resigned
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from the
House of Commons on 8 August 1869 by becoming
Steward of the Manor of Northstead.
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1788 births
1871 deaths
Scottish Liberal Party MPs
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Highland constituencies
UK MPs 1830–1831
UK MPs 1831–1832
UK MPs 1832–1835
UK MPs 1841–1847
UK MPs 1847–1852
UK MPs 1852–1857
UK MPs 1857–1859
UK MPs 1859–1865
UK MPs 1865–1868
UK MPs 1868–1874
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Orkney and Shetland
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