The Right Honourable

Sir George Clerk, Bt

PC, DL
Vice-President of the Board of Trade
In office
5 February 1845 – 29 June 1846
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterSir Robert Peel, Bt
Preceded byThe Earl of Dalhousie
Succeeded byThomas Milner Gibson
Personal details
Born19 November 1787
Died23 December 1867
NationalityBritish
Political partyTory

Sir George Clerk of Pennycuik, 6th Baronet PC, DL (19 November 1787 – 23 December 1867), was a British Tory politician.

Background

Clerk was the son of James Clerk, third son of Sir George Clerk-Maxwell, 4th Baronet and grandson of Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet.

Political career

Clerk sat as Member of Parliament for Edinburghshire from 1811 to 1832 and again from 1835 to 1837,[1] for Stamford from 1838 to 1847[2] and then for Dover from 1847 to 1852.[3] He served as one of the Commissioners of Weights and Measures from 1818 to 1821. He held political office as a Lord of the Admiralty from 1819 to 1830 (from 1827 to 1828 he was a member of the Council of the Lord High Admiral (The Duke of Clarence), as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 5 August to 22 November 1830, as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from November 1834 to April 1835, as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from September 1841 to February 1845. In 1845 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade[4] and Master of the Mint, posts he held until the fall of the Tory administration in 1846. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant for Edinburghshire.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1819. [5]

Family

Clerk married the daughter of Ewan Law, brother of Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, in 1810. He died in December 1867, aged 80, at Penycuik House, Edinburgh.

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)
  4. ^ "No. 20440". The London Gazette. 7 February 1845.
  5. ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byRobert Saunders-Dundas Member of Parliament for Edinburghshire 1811–1832 Succeeded bySir John Dalrymple, Bt Preceded bySir John Dalrymple, Bt Member of Parliament for Edinburghshire 1835–1837 Succeeded byWilliam Gibson Craig Preceded byThomas ChaplinMarquess of Granby Member of Parliament for Stamford 1838–1847 With: Marquess of Granby Succeeded byMarquess of GranbyJ. C. Herries Preceded bySir John Reid, BtEdward Royd Rice Member of Parliament for Dover 1847–1852 With: Edward Royd Rice Succeeded byEdward Royd RiceViscount Chelsea Political offices Preceded bySir Henry Hardinge Clerk of the Ordnance 1827–1828 Succeeded bySpencer Perceval Preceded byWilliam Yates Peel Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1830 Succeeded byHon. George Lamb Preceded byCharles Wood Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 1834–1835 Succeeded byEdward Stanley Preceded byRichard More O'Ferrall Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1841–1845 Succeeded byEdward Cardwell Preceded byThe Earl of Dalhousie Vice-President of the Board of Trade 1845–1846 Succeeded byThomas Milner Gibson Preceded byWilliam Ewart Gladstone Master of the Mint 1845–1846 Succeeded byRichard Lalor Sheil Party political offices Preceded byWilliam Holmes(to 1832) Tory Chief Whip in the House of Commons 1835–1837 Succeeded bySir Thomas Fremantle, Bt Baronetage of Nova Scotia Preceded byJohn Clerk Baronet (of Penicuik) 1798-1867 Succeeded byJames Clerk

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