George Blucher Heneage Marton (1839 – 18 August 1905)
was an English
Conservative
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politician.
Marton was the son of
George Marton (1801–1867) of
Capernwray Hall,
Lancashire
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, and his wife Lucy Sarah Dallas daughter of Sir Robert Dallas, Chief Justice of Common Pleas. He was
Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the
3rd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). Marton became a
J.P. for Lancaster and Westmoreland,
deputy lieutenant of Lancaster and
High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1877.
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In the 1885 general election, Marton was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the recreated Lancaster division of Lancashire. A petition was lodged against his election, but was dismissed. However, he lost the seat at the 1886 general election, against the national trend, and did not stand for the House of Commons
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again.
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1839 births
1905 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1885–1886
People from Carnforth
King's Own Royal Regiment officers
High sheriffs of Lancashire
Deputy lieutenants of Lancashire
Lancashire Militia officers
English justices of the peace
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