Caledon George Du Pré (28 March 1803 – 7 October 1886) was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the

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from 1839 to 1874. Du Pré was the son of James Du Pré of

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, and his wife Madelina Maxwell, daughter of Sir William Maxwell, 4th Baronet. His father was MP for Gatton, Aylesbury and Chichester. Du Pré was an officer in the

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and became a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Buckinghamshire.House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
/ref> In February 1839, Du Pré was elected at a by-election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for

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. He held the seat until the 1874 general election, when he did not stand for re-election. Du Pré died at the age of 83. Du Pré married his cousin Louisa Cornwallis Maxwell, daughter of Sir William Maxwell, 5th Baronet.

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