George Robinson (swindler)
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George Robinson was an English stockbroker and swindler of the 18th Century. Appointed the cashier of the Charitable Corporation, he not only aided several officers of the corporation in obtaining money from it under false pretenses, but proceeded to swindle them out of their gains as well.
Robinson obtained a seat in the House of Commons, but was unable to sit before the affair began to come to light. He fled to France with John Thompson, the warehouse-keeper, in October 1731, before he could be apprehended. Robinson was expelled from the House in absentia on 3 April 1732.[1]
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- ^ Expulsions from the House of Commons. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by Edmund Waller John Clavering |
Member of Parliament for Great Marlow with Edmund Waller 1731–1732 |
Succeeded by Edmund Waller Sir Thomas Hoby, Bt |
