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

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. 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 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 was commissioned as Lieutenant-Colonel of the Berwickshire, Haddington, Linlithgow and Peebles Militia on 11 March 1805. Warrender was Member of Parliament (MP) for Haddington Burghs from 1807 to 1812 and for

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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

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from 1830 to 1832. Between 1812 and 1822, Warrender was

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and between 1822 and 1828, Commissioner of the Board of Control. On 4 February 1822, he was sworn of the Privy Council. On 3 October 1810, he married Hon. Anne Evelyn Boscawen, daughter of the 3rd Viscount Falmouth 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

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. 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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