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 Duckett (Calne MP) George Duckett (Calne MP) George Duckett (19 February 1684 – 6 October 1732) was a British Member of Parliament (MP), attorney, and literary combatant of Alexander Pope. The heir of a very rich Lord Mayor of London, Lionel Duckett (1511-1587), George Duckett was the son of Lionel Duckett, MP (1652-1693) and his wife Martha (nee Ashe, 1651-1688). He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford before being admitted to the Middle Temple. In 1705, Duckett was elected as one of the two members of parliament for Calne, in Wiltshire. He was re-elected in 1708 and 1722, and between 1722 and 1732