Sir George Warrender of Lochend, 4th Baronet, PC, FRS,

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(5 December 1782 – 21 February 1849) was a

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politician. In 1799, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy. Due to his lifestyle, he was nicknamed Sir Gorge Provender.

Life

Born in

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, he was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel

Sir Patrick Warrender, 3rd Baronet Sir Patrick Warrender of Lochend, 3rd Baronet (7 March 1731 – 14 June 1799) was a Scottish soldier and politician. He was a younger, but oldest surviving, son of Sir John Warrender, 2nd Baronet and his wife Henrietta Johnston, daughter of Sir ...

and H. Blair. Warrender was educated at

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, where he matriculated in 1799 and at

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, where he graduated with an MA in 1811. He served in the

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militia, reaching the rank of

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. Warrender was

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(MP) for Haddington Burghs from 1807 to 1812 and for Truro from 1812 to 1818. He was further Member of Parliament for

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from 1818 to 1826, for Westbury from 1826 to 1830, as well as for Honiton from 1830 to 1832. Between 1812 and 1822, Warrender was Lord of the Admiralty and between 1822 and 1828, Commissioner of the Board of Control. On 4 February 1822, he was sworn of the

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. On 3 October 1810, he married Hon. Anne Evelyn Boscawen, daughter of the 3rd Viscount Falmouth in St James's in

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. Their marriage was childless and unhappy. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1815 and a Fellow of the

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in 1823, his proposer being Sir Henry Jardine. In the 1830s he was living at 625 Castlehill at the top of the

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in Edinburgh. He died in Upper Berkeley Street in

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on 21 February 1849 aged 66, and was succeeded by his younger brother John Warrender.

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* 1782 births 1849 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain British Militia officers Fellows of the Royal Society Lords of the Admiralty Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Honiton Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 People from Dunbar {{Scotland-UK-MP-stub