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George Jennings (MP)

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British politician

George Jennings (c.1721 – 9 June 1790) was a British politician.

He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Whitchurch in Hampshire at a by-election in March 1757. He was returned for Whitchurch at the 1761 general election, and held the seat until the 1768 general election.

He was elected as an (MP) for the borough of St Germans in Cornwall at a by-election in March 1768, and held the seat until the 1774 general election. At the 1784 general election he was returned as an MP for Thetford. He held that seat until the 1790 general election.

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
  4. Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) . Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 514. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  5. Stooks Smith, page 493
  6. Stooks Smith, page 228
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded byWilliam Powlett
Thomas Townshend
Member of Parliament for Whitchurch
1757–1768
With: Thomas Townshend
Succeeded byHon. Henry Wallop
Thomas Townshend
Preceded byEdward Eliot
Samuel Salt
Member of Parliament for St Germans
1768–1774
With: Benjamin Langlois
Succeeded byEdward Eliot
Benjamin Langlois
Preceded byEarl of Euston
Richard Hopkins
Member of Parliament for Thetford
17841790
With: Sir Charles Kent, Bt
Succeeded byRobert John Buxton
Joseph Randyll Burch


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