George Traill

George Traill (5 November 1787 – 29 September 1871)^[1]^[2] was a Liberal Party politician in Scotland. He was the son of James and Janet Sinclair Traill.

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]

Traill owned extensive properties in Caithness and Orkney and was the owner of the largest pavement quarries in the north of Scotland.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Craig, op. cit., page 578
^ 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.

External links[edit]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Traill

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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[rayment-o-1] 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)

[craig1832-1885-3] 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.

[craig-caithness-4] Craig, op. cit., page 578

[hoc-resignations-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.

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