Talk:George Selwyn (politician)

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the George Selwyn (politician) article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Biography: Politics and Government

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the politics and government work group (assessed as Low-importance).

England List‑class Low‑importance

	England portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject England, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of England on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.EnglandWikipedia:WikiProject EnglandTemplate:WikiProject EnglandEngland-related articles
List	This article has been given a rating which conflicts with the project-independent quality rating in the banner shell. Please resolve this conflict if possible.
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Gloucestershire List‑class Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Gloucestershire, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Gloucestershire on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.GloucestershireWikipedia:WikiProject GloucestershireTemplate:WikiProject GloucestershireWikiProject Gloucestershire articles
List	This article has been given a rating which conflicts with the project-independent quality rating in the banner shell. Please resolve this conflict if possible.
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Politics of the United Kingdom Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Politics of the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Politics of the United KingdomWikipedia:WikiProject Politics of the United KingdomTemplate:WikiProject Politics of the United KingdomPolitics of the United Kingdom articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Untitled[edit]

"because he could not afford to be a patriot" - what did that cost, and why did it have to be paid for? The Real Walrus 00:51, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In eighteenth century Britain MPs were not paid, as such. Someone like Selwyn, who kept up an electoral interest in two boroughs, had to pay a lot of money to the electors; both between elections and especially at election times (corruption being widespread in most Boroughs in that era). Selwyn needed to support the government so he could accumulate sinecure offices and pensions, which provided the funds to bribe the electors. The point being made in the quote is that only a seriously rich person could afford to meet electoral expenses entirely from their own resources for a prolonged period, and thus be a patriot who voted for what he thought was right and not so as to please the ministers in power. --Gary J 22:53, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The text is confusing as to what is meant by being a patriot and in respect of money/influence. I will attempt to make it clearer. Also, in the disambiguation page it refers to Selwyn being a wit; but there are no examples or references to it in the article.LessHeard vanU 22:00, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar: Can someone put the missing verb into this sentence? Was he or was he not dependent?

JustAnMD 00:30, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

He put his electoral interest, as the person who controlled both seats in Ludgershall and one in Gloucester, at the disposal of the King's ministers (whoever they might be), because he * financially dependent on obtaining (a total of three) sinecure offices and a pension, which offset his expenses of bribing the electorate, and his and gambling debts.

This George Augustus Selwyn was not buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge. The George Augustus Selwyn who was buried there was the son of John Richardson Selwyn. Chris.selwyn (talk) 12:04, 29 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]