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About Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet
Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet, JP was a mining engineer and self-made businessman from Gateshead in North East England. A colliery labourer who went on to own several coal mines, he later bought a wire rope manufacturing company which manufactured the first Transatlantic telegraph cable. He was also a Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP).
Everything about Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet →- Occupation
- businessperson, politician, mining engineer
- Position held
- member of the 24th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 22nd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 21st Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 20th Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- March 18, 1814
- Died
- December 23, 1893