George Butt (politician) explained

George Medd Butt
Office:Member of Parliament
for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
Term Start:10 July 1852
Term End:27 March 1857
Alongside:William Freestun
Predecessor:William Freestun
Frederick Child Villiers
Successor:William Freestun
Robert Campbell
Birth Date:1797
Nationality:British
Party:Conservative

George Medd Butt (1797 – 11 November 1860)[1] was a British Conservative politician.

Butt was first elected Conservative MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis at the 1852 general election, and held the seat until 1857 when he was defeated.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 22 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180722125159/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons3.htm . 22 July 2018 . usurped . 13 June 2017 .
  2. Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st . 282–283.