George Traill

George Traill (5 November 1787 – 29 September 1871)[1][2] was a Liberal Party politician in Scotland.

He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland from 1830[1] until his defeat at the 1835 general election.[3]

In 1837 he stood unsuccessfully in Caithness,[4] but at the 1841 general election he was returned unopposed for that seat.[4] He was re-elected at the six further general elections,[4] and held the seat until he resigned from the House of Commons on 8 August 1869 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
  3. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 596. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. 1 2 3 Craig, op. cit., page 578
  5. ↑ Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
George Dundas		 Member of Parliament for Orkney & Shetland
1830–1835 		Succeeded by
Thomas Balfour
Preceded by
George Sinclair		 Member of Parliament for Caithness
1841–1869 		Succeeded by
John Sinclair


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