George_Cumming_(politician)

George Cumming (politician)

George Cumming (politician)

Add article description

George Cumming (20 November 1752 – 1 May 1834)[1] was a Scottish politician. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom for two periods between 1803 and 1826.

A brother of Sir Alexander Cumming-Gordon, he served with the British East India Company before becoming a financial speculator in London.

He was elected at a by-election in 1803 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Inverness Burghs,[1] succeeding his brother in the family-controlled seat.[2] He stood down at the 1806 general election in favour of a relative, Francis Grant. However, control of the seat slipped from his family, and he was defeated when he stood again in 1807.[2]

After an agreement between the rival factions, he was re-elected in 1818 and 1820,[2] and held the seat until 1826.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"
  2. [2]
    Fisher, David R. (1986). R. Thorne (ed.). "CUMMING, George (?1753-1834), of Berners Street and Lower Brook Street, Mdx". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
More information Parliament of the United Kingdom ...


Stub icon 2

This article about a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (since 1801), for a Scottish constituency is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article George_Cumming_(politician), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.