UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 19 November 1787

Died: 23 December 1867

6th Baronet - 1798

Member of Privy Council - 5 February 1845

Lord of the Admiralty	March 1819	May 1827
Clerk of the Ordnance	May 1827	August 1828
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	4 February 1828	July 1830
Under Secretary, Home Department	August 1830	November 1830
Secretary to the Treasury	December 1834	April 1835
Vice President of the Board of Trade	February 1845	July 1846
Master of the Mint	February 1845	July 1846

6 July 1811	Edinburghshire	Tory	62	83.78
26 October 1812	Edinburghshire	Tory	56	54.90
29 June 1818	Edinburghshire	Tory	79	61.72
March 1819 Resignation of Sir George Clerk, bt on appointment as a Lord of the Admiralty
15 March 1819	Edinburghshire	Tory	Unopposed
13 March 1820	Edinburghshire	Tory	Unopposed
19 June 1826	Edinburghshire	Tory	Unopposed
May 1827 Resignation of Sir George Clerk, bt on appointment as Clerk of Ordnance
15 May 1827	Edinburghshire	Tory	Unopposed
4 February 1828 Resignation of Sir George Clerk, bt on appointment as Civil Lord of the Admiralty
18 February 1828	Edinburghshire	Tory	Unopposed
September 1828 Resignation of Sir George Clerk, bt on appointment as a Lord of the Admiralty
23 February 1829	Edinburghshire	Tory	Unopposed
9 August 1830	Edinburghshire	Tory	Unopposed
10 May 1831	Edinburghshire	Tory	Unopposed
24 December 1832	Edinburghshire	Tory	536	47.14
17 January 1835	Edinburghshire	Conservative Party	565	51.41
3 August 1837	Edinburghshire	Conservative Party	661	48.46
1 May 1838	Stamford	Conservative Party	Unopposed
29 June 1841	Stamford	Conservative Party	Unopposed
1845 Resignation of Sir George Clerk, bt on appointment as Master of the Mint.
10 February 1845	Stamford	Conservative Party	Unopposed
30 July 1847	Dover	Conservative Party	932	63.53
8 July 1852	Dover	Conservative Party	781	42.51
28 March 1857	Dover	Conservative Party	695	43.22