George Hastings (UK politician)
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George Woodyatt Hastings (1825 – 21 October 1917) was a politician in the United Kingdom.
He was elected at the 1880 general election as Member of Parliament for East Worcestershire, and held the seat until he was expelled from the House of Commons in 1892, when he was convicted of fraudulent conversion. As a Trustee for property under the will of John Brown, he had appropriated over £20,000 from the estate.
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| Preceded by Henry Allsopp and Thomas Eades Walker |
Member of Parliament for East Worcestershire 2-seat constituency until 1885 (with William Henry Gladstone to 1885) 1880–1892 |
Succeeded by Joseph Austen Chamberlain |
