George Dashwood

George Dashwood (bp 7 March 1680 – 10/11 January 1758) was an English politician who served as a Tory MP for Stockbridge.

Early life Dashwood was born into a prosperous mercantile household and baptized on 7 March 1680 in London. He was the fourth, but eldest surviving, son of Sir Samuel Dashwood and the former Anne Smith. Among his siblings were Elizabeth Dashwood (who married Andrew Archer, MP for Warwickshire) Sophia Dashwood (who married Francis Lewis, MP for East Retford), Henrietta Dashwood (who married Sir Thomas Sebright, 4th Baronet), and Sarah Dashwood (who married Richard Crawley, Registrar of the Admiralty).

His paternal grandparents were Francis Dashwood, a London merchant, and Alice ( Sleigh) Dashwood. Among his paternal family was uncle Sir Francis Dashwood, 1st Baronet, and aunt, Sarah Dashwood (who married Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke). His maternal grandfather was John Smith of Tedworth. His uncle was John Smith, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Career The death of his father in 1705 gave him financial independence, particularly after he had received £15,000 from his uncle, Sir Francis Dashwood, for the sale of his share of the manor of West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

Samuel Dashwood (1717–1794), who married Anne Bateman, the only child of James Bateman, MP for Carlisle (and son of banker Sir James Bateman), and Ann ( Chaplin) Bateman (daughter of Sir Robert Chaplin, 1st Baronet), in 1744. They lived at Well Vale Hall.

Dashwood died on 10/11 January 1758 at his home in St George Hanover Square. His widow served as a lady of the bedchamber to Queen Charlotte.

Descendants Through his only son Samuel, he was a grandfather of Ann Catherine Dashwood (wife of political reformer John Cartwright), Diana Dashwood (wife of Charles Vere Dashwood, a descendant of Sir Robert Dashwood, 1st Baronet), Samuel Bateman Dashwood, Sophia Dashwood, George Bateman Dashwood, William Bateman Dashwood, and Francis Bateman Dashwood (wife of Teresa March).