Sir William Geary, 2nd Baronet (23 September 1756 – 6 August 1825) was an

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politician from

West Peckham West Peckham is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. The River Bourne flows through the extreme west of the parish, and formerly powered a paper mill ( Hamptons Mill) and corn mill ( Oxenhoath Mill) ...

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. He sat in the

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from 1796 to 1806 and from 1812 to 1818. He was the eldest surviving son of Admiral

Sir Francis Geary, 1st Baronet Sir Francis Geary, 1st Baronet (1709 – 7 February 1796) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, and the American War of Independence, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral. ...

of Polesden, Surrey and was educated at

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and

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(1773-6). He succeeded his father in 1796 after his elder brother Francis had been killed in the

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. He lived at

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. Geary was elected at the 1796 general election as one of the two

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(MPs) for

. He was re-elected in

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, but was defeated at the 1806 general election. He did no contest the seat in

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, but was re-elected at the 1812 general election. He held the seat until 1818, when he was defeated at the

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. He was a Director of

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from 1801 until his death in 1825. He had married Henrietta, the daughter and coheiress of Richard Nevill, MP of Furnace, co. Kildare and the widow of Edward Dering, with whom he had 2 sons. He was succeeded by his eldest son

Sir William Richard Powlett Geary, 3rd Baronet Sir William Richard Powlett Geary, 3rd Baronet (13 November 1810 – 19 December 1877) was an English Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1838. He was the eldest son of Sir William Geary, 2nd Baronet, whom h ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Geary, William, 2nd Baronet 1756 births 1825 deaths People from West Peckham People educated at Cheam School Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Tory MPs (pre-1834) Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1796–1800 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1802–1806 UK MPs 1812–1818 Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain