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 Jennings (MP) George Jennings (MP) George Jennings ("c."1721 – 9 June 1790) was a British politician. He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Whitchurch in Hampshire at a by-election in March 1757. He was returned for Whitchurch at the 1761 general election, and held the seat until the 1768 general election. He was elected as an (MP) for the borough of St Germans in Cornwall at a by-election in March 1768, and held the seat until the 1774 general election. At the 1784 general election he was returned as an MP for Thetford. He held that