George Marton (1801 – 24 November 1867) was an English Conservative Party politician from

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

At the 1837 general election, Marton was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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. He held the seat until he stood down from the

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at the 1847 general election. In the 1820s, Marton's family built the stately home

Capernwray Hall Capernwray Hall is a former country house situated 3 miles east-northeast of Carnforth, Lancashire, England, and is currently used as a Christian Bible school and holiday centre. The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as ...

, near

Carnforth Carnforth is a market town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England, situated at the north-east end of Morecambe Bay. The parish of Carnforth had a population of 5,560 in the 2011 census, an increase from the 5,350 reco ...

. He served as

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in 1858. His son

George Blucher Heneage Marton George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Gior ...

was briefly MP for Lancaster from 1885 to 1886.

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* 1801 births 1867 deaths People from Carnforth Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 High sheriffs of Lancashire {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1800s-stub