George Woodroffe (1625 - 1688) was an English politician for a Surrey constituency in the late seventeenth century.
Woodroffe was born at Poyle in Stanwell and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was High Sheriff of Surrey in 1668 and was knighted on 19 May 1681. Woodroffe sat as M.P. for Haslemere from 1681 to 1687. He died on 6 December that year.
His son also sat as MP for Haslemere.
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- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
- Woodall-Wyvill, Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714
- The Gazette
- History of Parliament On-line I
- History of Parliament On-line II
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Preceded byFrancis Dorrington | Member of Parliament for Haslemere 1681–1687 With: William More George Vernon |
Succeeded byDenzil Onslow |
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