George Elliston (politician)

Captain Sir George Sampson Elliston MC (27 July 1875, Ipswich 21 February 1954) was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn from 1931 to 1945.

Ellison was educated at Ayerst Hall, Cambridge, Framlingham College and Pembroke College, Cambridge.[1] He was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1901.[1] However, he subsequently became a doctor by profession and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during and after the First World War.

First elected MP for Blackburn in 1931, Ellison was re-elected in 1935.

References

  1. 1 2 "Elliston, George Sampson (ELSN893GS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Mary Agnes Hamilton
and Thomas Harry Gill
Member of Parliament for Blackburn
19311945
With: Sir Walter Dorling Smiles
Succeeded by
Barbara Castle
and John Edwards


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