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Sir George Gustavus Walker KCB JP DL (18 January 1830 – 5 August 1897) was a
Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...
Member of Parliament (MP). The son of John Walker, of Crawfordton, and his wife, Jessy, he was educated at
Rugby School Rugby School is a Public school (United Kingdom), private boarding school for pupils aged 13–18, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire in England. Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independ ...
and
Balliol College Balliol College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world. With a governing body of a master and ar ...
,
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. He was the Conservative MP for
Dumfriesshire Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries () is a Counties of Scotland, historic county and registration county in southern Scotland. The Dumfries lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the hi ...
, elected at the 1865 general election. He lost to Liberal Sydney Waterlow at the 1868 general election, but regained his seat at a by-election in 1869 owing to the disqualification of Waterlow when he became a
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. Walker stepped down at the 1874 general election. John Hope-Johnstone (1842–1912) subsequently won the seat for the Tories. He was appointed KCB in 1892. He married Anne Murray Lennock, only daughter of Admiral George Gustavus Lennock.Who's who of British members of parliament, Vol1, 1832-1885; Michael Stenton, Stephen Lees They had three sons and seven daughters, one of whom, Ethel Mary Walker, became the second wife of the Liberal politician
Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne (29 April 1829 – 6 February 1893), known as E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen, was a British Liberal and later Conservative politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Depar ...
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* 1831 births 1897 deaths Scottish Tory MPs (pre-1912) People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 {{Conservative-UK-MP-1830s-stub