George Boulton Mainwaring was a

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MP for

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, a position that had also been held by his father

William Mainwaring William Henry Mainwaring (1884 – 18 May 1971) was a Welsh coal miner, lecturer and trade unionist, who became a long-serving Labour Party Member of Parliament. Both as a trade unionist and a politician he struggled, largely successfully to co ...

. Mainwaring is thought to have been born in 1773. He was the son of William Mainwaring. In the 1802 general election, William was opposed by the radical

Francis Burdett Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet (25 January 1770 – 23 January 1844) was a British politician and Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament who gained notoriety as a proponent (in advance of the Chartism, Chartists) of univ ...

. William had previously resisted Burdett's calls for an inquiry into Prison abuses, particularly at

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. William was defeated by Burdett but the election was declared void in 1804 and, in the following contest, George was elected. The result was reversed in favour of Burdett in 1805 and then back in favour of George in 1806. Mainwaring did not contest the 1807 election and Burdett was not elected.Jeremy Black;
George III: America's Last King
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has a caricature which includes Mainwaring that pokes fun at the 1804 election.1804 Middlesex election
James Gillray, 7 August 1804, accessed 7 August 2008 On 9 June 1804, Mainwaring married Letitia Wodehouse.Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland
accessed 7 August 2008

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mainwaring, George Boulton 1770s births 1820s deaths UK MPs 1802–1806 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Tory MPs (pre-1834)