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'''George Potts''' (1807 – 20 September 1863)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/bcommons1.htm|title=The House of Commons Constituencies Beginning With "B"|last=|first=|date=20 March 2018|website=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page|at=Barnstaple (Devonshire)|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-04-07}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=April 2018}} was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician.
'''George Potts''' (1807 – 20 September 1863)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VMmZhkMzy-IC|title=J. F. Bosher - Google Books|isbn=9781450059626|last1=Bosher|first1=J. F.|date=April 2010}}</ref> was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician.


Potts was the son of William Potts and Mary (née Bayly), daughter of William Bayly. He married three times, including to his cousin Ellen ńee Reed, daughter of James Reed, in 1847.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reilly|first1=Catherine W|author-link1=Catherine Reilly|title=Mid-Victorian Poetry: 1860-1879|date=2000|publisher=Mansell|location=[[London]]|isbn=0720123186|page=372|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bzRDJeN4KxQC&pg=PA372&lpg=PA372&dq=george+potts+1807+1863&source=bl&ots=-NIUEFD_py&sig=Hg2apXXD43SUsqKsdY0Ufz7QxN0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiioaeWmqnaAhVJLFAKHaK0BcMQ6AEISDAI#v=onepage&q=george%20potts%201807%201863&f=true|accessdate=7 April 2018}}</ref> He had at least two sons including Dr Walter Jeffery Potts (1837–1898), who married Julia Beevor and had at least one son, Charles Herbert Beevor-Potts (1864–1953), a leading magistrate in [[Nanaimo]], [[Vancouver Island]], [[Canada]].<ref name="bosher">{{cite book|last1=Bosher|first1=J.F.|title=Imperial Vancouver Island: Who Was Who, 1850-1950|date=2010|isbn=9781450059640|page=134|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VMmZhkMzy-IC&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=george+potts+1807+1863&source=bl&ots=ogETh9nB8A&sig=_H2N2EvFtrCTPzsbE-Ph6wGaiHU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiioaeWmqnaAhVJLFAKHaK0BcMQ6AEIKzAB#v=onepage&q=george%20potts%201807%201863&f=true}}</ref>
Potts was the son of William Potts and Mary (née Bayly), daughter of William Bayly. He married three times, including to his cousin Ellen ńee Reed, daughter of James Reed, in 1847.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/midvictorianpoet00reil|url-access=registration|quote=george potts.|title=Mid-Victorian Poetry: 1860-1879|last1=Reilly|first1=Catherine W|publisher=Mansell|year=2000|isbn=0720123186|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/midvictorianpoet00reil/page/372 372]|type=Snippet view|oclc=878911275|author-link1=Catherine Reilly|accessdate=2018-04-07|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> He had at least two sons including Dr Walter Jeffery Potts (1837–1898), who married Julia Beevor and had at least one son, Charles Herbert Beevor-Potts (1864–1953), a leading magistrate in [[Nanaimo]], [[Vancouver Island]], [[Canada]].<ref name="bosher">{{cite book|last1=Bosher|first1=J.F.|title=Imperial Vancouver Island: Who Was Who, 1850-1950|date=2010|isbn=9781450059640|page=134|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VMmZhkMzy-IC&q=george+potts+1807+1863&pg=PA134}}</ref>


Potts first stood for election at [[Barnstaple (UK Parliament constituency)|Barnstaple]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1857|1857 general election]] as a [[Peelite]] Conservative—or Liberal Conservative—but was unsuccessful. He again stood for the seat at the next general election in 1859, joining the Liberal Party after its formation, and held the seat until his death in 1863.<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|format=e-book}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Gunn|editor1-first=John Alexander Wilson|editor2-last=Wiebe|editor2-first=Melvin George|editor1-link=J. A. W. Gunn|title=Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1860-1864|date=2009|publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]]|location=[[Toronton]]|isbn=9780802099495|page=167}}</ref><ref name="bosher"/>
Potts first stood for election at [[Barnstaple (UK Parliament constituency)|Barnstaple]] at the [[1857 United Kingdom general election|1857 general election]] as a [[Peelite]] Conservative—or Liberal Conservative—but was unsuccessful. He again stood for the seat at the next general election in 1859, joining the Liberal Party after its formation, and held the seat until his death in 1863.<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Gunn|editor1-first=John Alexander Wilson|editor2-last=Wiebe|editor2-first=Melvin George|editor1-link=J. A. W. Gunn|title=Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1860-1864|date=2009|publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]]|location=[[Toronton]]|isbn=9780802099495|page=167}}</ref><ref name="bosher"/>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 23:50, 9 April 2022

George Potts
Member of Parliament
for Barnstaple
In office
30 April 1859 – 20 September 1863
Serving with John Ferguson Davie
Preceded byJohn Laurie
William Fraser
Succeeded byJohn Ferguson Davie
Thomas Lloyd
Personal details
Born1807
Died (aged 56)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Other political
affiliations		Conservative (Peelite)
Spouse(s)Three, including
Ellen Reed
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(m. 1847)​
ChildrenTwo
Parent(s)William Potts
Mary Bayly

George Potts (1807 – 20 September 1863)[1] was a British Liberal and Conservative politician.

Potts was the son of William Potts and Mary (née Bayly), daughter of William Bayly. He married three times, including to his cousin Ellen ńee Reed, daughter of James Reed, in 1847.[2] He had at least two sons including Dr Walter Jeffery Potts (1837–1898), who married Julia Beevor and had at least one son, Charles Herbert Beevor-Potts (1864–1953), a leading magistrate in Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, Canada.[3]

Potts first stood for election at Barnstaple at the 1857 general election as a Peelite Conservative—or Liberal Conservative—but was unsuccessful. He again stood for the seat at the next general election in 1859, joining the Liberal Party after its formation, and held the seat until his death in 1863.[4][5][3]

References

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  1. ^ Bosher, J. F. (April 2010). J. F. Bosher - Google Books. ISBN 9781450059626.
  2. ^ Reilly, Catherine W (2000). Mid-Victorian Poetry: 1860-1879 (Snippet view). London: Mansell. p. 372. ISBN 0720123186. OCLC 878911275. Retrieved 7 April 2018 – via Internet Archive. george potts.
  3. ^ a b Bosher, J.F. (2010). Imperial Vancouver Island: Who Was Who, 1850-1950. p. 134. ISBN 9781450059640.
  4. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  5. ^ Gunn, John Alexander Wilson; Wiebe, Melvin George, eds. (2009). Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1860-1864. Toronton: University of Toronto Press. p. 167. ISBN 9780802099495.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Barnstaple
1859–1863
With: John Ferguson Davie 		Succeeded by
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