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The Hon. George Higginson Allsopp (28 March 1846 – 9 September 1907)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 House of Commons constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5) )〕 was an English brewer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1906. ==Biography== Allsopp was born at Burton-on-Trent, the son of Henry Allsopp, head of the brewery firm of Samuel Allsopp & Sons and his wife Elizabeth Tongue. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge and entered the family brewery.〔(Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886 )〕 Between 1868 and 1871 he appeared in cricket matches for Worcestershire, although they did not qualify as first class.〔(G H Allsopp at Cricket Archive )〕 Allsopp was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Staffordshire and Derbyshire. He was at one time chairman of the Burton-on-Trent School Board Allsopp stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Droitwich in 1880. At the 1885 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Worcester. He held the seat until he retired from politics at the 1906 election. Allsopp lived at Foston Hall, Derby and at 8, Hereford Gardens, Park Lane. He died at Salisbury at the age of 61.〔The Illustrated London News", Nov 9, 1907〕 Allsopp married Mildred Georgiana Ashley-Cooper daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury, in 1895.〔(Conqueror 66-67 )〕 His brother Samuel was also MP for Taunton, and his brothers Herbert and Frederic were also cricketers who played in first class games. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Higginson Allsopp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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