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 Gale (MP) the poor of the City as well as monies to pay for repair of local roads. He was elected to Parliament in a by-election in 1529 after the death of Peter Jackson, one of two Members for the Constituency. Though he did not serve for the remainder of that Parliament, he stood for election in 1532-33. Gale was recorded as attending for most of that session. He was not recorded as having sat in the 1539 Parliament, but was re-elected for his final term in 1539. George Gale (MP) George Gale was Member of Parliament for York during the Parliaments