George Edgcumbe (1800–1882)

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George Edgcumbe
Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle
In office June - December 1826
Personal details
Born	(1800-06-23)23 June 1800
Died	18 February 1882(1882-02-18) (aged 81)
Spouse	Fanny Shelley ​ (m. 1834)​
Children	6
Parent	Richard Edgcumbe (father)
Relatives	George Edgcumbe (grandfather) William Edgcumbe (brother) Ernest Edgcumbe (brother) Emma Cust (sister)
Education	Balliol College, Oxford

George Edgcumbe (23 June 1800 – 18 February 1882)^[1] was a British diplomat and politician.

Biography

He was the youngest son of Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. He was educated at Harrow School, and at Balliol College, Oxford. In 1834, he married Fanny Lucy, daughter of Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet; they had 6 children.^[2]

At the general election in June 1826 he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the rotten borough of Plympton Erle,^[3] on his father's interest.^[2] However, he resigned his seat in December that year,^[2] by taking the sinecure of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.

He then became a diplomat, serving in Switzerland, Tuscany, and Hanover.^[2]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
2. Jenkins, Terry (2009). D.R. Fisher (ed.). "EDGCUMBE, Hon. George (1800-1882), of Mount Edgcumbe, Cornw". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
3. "No. 18263". The London Gazette. 30 June 1826. p. 1615.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Henry North William Gill Paxton	Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle June 1826 – December 1826 With: Gibbs Antrobus	Succeeded by Gibbs Antrobus Sir Charles Wetherell