George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe

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George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe PC (1691 – July 28, 1762) was an English politician and nobleman.

Christened simply George Bubb, he acquired the surname Dodington around the time his uncle George Dodington died in 1720 and left him his estate. Enormously rich, he became a friend of Frederick, Prince of Wales, who took advantage of their acquaintance to obtain loans that helped clear his debts, and, on being thrown out of St James's Palace by his father, King George II, moved into a London house belonging to Dodington. Dodington is said to have been involved in a spy-ring, collecting valuable information about Jacobite activities. In 1761, following the accession of Frederick's son to the throne as George III, he was created Baron Melcombe.

His diary, published posthumously in 1784 by Henry Penruddocke Wyndham, is a valuable historical source.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Robert Bristow George Dodington	Member of Parliament for Winchelsea with Robert Bristow 1715–1722	Succeeded by Robert Bristow Thomas Townshend
Preceded by Thomas Palmer William Pitt	Member of Parliament for Bridgwater with Thomas Palmer 1722–1727, 1731–1735 Sir Halswell Tynte, Bt 1727–1731 Sir Charles Wyndham, Bt 1735–1741 Vere Poulett 1741–1747 Peregrine Poulett 1747–1753 Robert Balch 1753–1754 1722–1754	Succeeded by Robert Balch The Earl of Egmont
Preceded by Sir James Thornhill Edward Tucker Thomas Pearse George Dodington	Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis with Edward Tucker Thomas Pearse George Dodington 1734–1735	Succeeded by Edward Tucker Thomas Pearse George Dodington John Tucker
Preceded by Sir John Ramsden, Bt Walter Plumer	Member of Parliament for Appleby with Sir John Ramsden, Bt 1741	Succeeded by Sir John Ramsden, Bt Sir Charles Wyndham, Bt
Preceded by Welbore Ellis George Dodington Edward Hungate Beaghan Lord George Cavendish	Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis with Welbore Ellis Lord John Cavendish John Tucker 1754–1761	Succeeded by John Tucker Sir Francis Dashwood, Bt John Olmius Richard Glover
Political offices
Preceded by Sir John Rushout, Bt	Treasurer of the Navy 1744–1749	Succeeded by Henry Bilson-Legge
Preceded by George Grenville	Treasurer of the Navy 1756	Succeeded by George Grenville
Honorary titles
Preceded by George Dodington	Lord Lieutenant of Somerset 1720–1744	Succeeded by The Earl Poulett
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation	Baron Melcombe 1761–1762	Extinct