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For the British military officer and cricketer, see George Traill (British Army officer).

George Traill (5 November 1787 – 29 September 1871) was a Liberal Party politician in Scotland. He was the son of James and Janet Sinclair Traill.

He was the member of parliament (MP) for Orkney and Shetland from 1830 until his defeat at the 1835 general election.

In 1837 he stood unsuccessfully in Caithness, but at the 1841 general election he was returned unopposed for that seat. He was re-elected at the six further general elections, and held the seat until he resigned from the House of Commons on 8 August 1869 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.

Traill owned extensive properties in Caithness and Orkney and was the owner of the largest pavement quarries in the north of Scotland.

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
Craig, F. W. S. (1989) . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 596. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
^ Craig, op. cit., page 578
Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2009.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Traill

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byGeorge Dundas	Member of Parliament for Orkney & Shetland 1830–1835	Succeeded byThomas Balfour
Preceded byGeorge Sinclair	Member of Parliament for Caithness 1841–1869	Succeeded byJohn Sinclair

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