George Sampson Elliston

Captain George Sampson Elliston MC (27 July 1875, Ipswich – 21 February 1954) was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn from 1931 to 1945.

Ellison was educated at Ayerst Hall, Cambridge and Pembroke College, Cambridge.[1] He was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1901.[1] However, he subsequently became a doctor by profession and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during and after the First World War.

First elected MP for Blackburn in 1931, Ellison was re-elected in 1935 but lost his seat in the Labour landslide of 1945.

References

  1. ^ a b Elliston, George Sampson in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Mary Agnes Hamilton
and Thomas Harry Gill		 Member of Parliament for Blackburn
1931–1945
With: Sir Walter Dorling Smiles		 Succeeded by
Barbara Castle
and John Edwards