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 Parry (MP) Parry was elected Member of Parliament for St Mawes for the Short Parliament and was returned in November for the Long Parliament. Parry supported King Charles I and was knighted on 12 May 1644. He was disabled from Parliament in the same year. Parry later lived in the City of London and died around 1670, as administration was then granted to his son Suetonius. George Parry (MP) Sir George Parry (16001660) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 until 1644. Parry was probably the son of Henry Parry, Bishop of