George Hudson Bentinck introduced a bill to build a railway network in Ireland. The cost of the proposal was £16 million which George Hudson, no doubt sensing an opportunity, supported. The government did not support the bill which was ultimately defeated. In the run up to the 1852 general election Hudson – who by this time was in severe financial difficulty – spoke on several issues including a repeal of a timber tax and on a corrupt practices bill. He was re-elected by 54 votes in the election but with his railway career in decline and drinking heavily he presented rather a
George St George (Carrick MP) daughter of Robert Hannay, 2nd Baronet, and died in October 1711, having had issue: His sister Eleanor (died 1713) was the wife of Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet. George St George (Carrick MP) Sir George St George, knight, of Dunmore (born by 1640 – died December 1713) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He represented Carrick in the Irish House of Commons from September 1703 to his death, sitting alongside his nephew Oliver St George. He was the younger son of Sir George St George, knight, of Carrickdrumrusk, brother of Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet, and grandson of Sir Richard