Sir George Christopher Trout Bartley, (22 November 1842 – 13 September 1910) was an English civil servant, banker and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1885 to 1906.

Biography

Bartley was born at

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, the son of Robert Bartley and his wife Julia Anne Lucas. He was educated at Clapton, London and

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.Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Guide 1886
/ref> He entered public service and worked for twenty years at the

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, becoming Assistant Director. He was interested in poverty and social issues and published works on education and on building self-reliance He supported technical education, and was treasurer of the

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. He established a Penny Bank, which became the National Penny Bank. He was a J.P. for

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and Westminster. Trout Bartley stood for parliament in Hackney at the 1880 general election, but was unsuccessful. He was elected as

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(MP) for

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at the 1885 general election and held the seat until his defeat in

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. He announced that he would stand again when a suitable opportunity arose, and contested the Kingston upon Hull West by-election in November 1907. The intervention for the first time of a Labour Party candidate cut the Liberal majority, but not by enough for Bartley to win the seat, and after his defeat in Hull he did not stand for Parliament again. He was a member of the Traffic Commission and travelled extensively. He was in South Africa when the

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broke out in 1899. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the

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(KCB) in the November

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list, and was invested with the insignia by King

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on 18 December 1902.

Family

In 1864, Bartley married Mary Charlotte Cole the daughter of

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superintendent of the Science and Art Department. They had four sons. Their son Captain Stanhope Cole Bartley Royal Artillery was

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12/03/1916.

Publications

*''A Square Mile in the East End'' 1870 *''Schools for the people'' 1871 *''Provident Knowledge Papers'' 1872 *''The Seven Ages of a Village Pauper'' 1874 *''The Parish Net, How it is Dragged and what it Catches'' 1875 *Enthusiasm 1888

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bartley, Sir George Trout 1842 births 1910 deaths 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 People educated at University College School Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath