About George Shum
Lived 1751 – 1805 (aged 53–54). George Shum was a British politician.
George Shum (?1751- 28 February 1805), of 29 Bedford Square, Middlesex and Berry Hill, near Dorking, Surrey, was an English politician.
He was in business with his father in the business of Shum & Son, sugar refiners and also a partner in Gyfford's brewery.
He was a Whig Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Honiton 1796 - 28 February 1805.
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George Shum was born in 1751.
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