About George White
Lived 1840 – 1912 (aged 71–72). George White was a British politician.
Sir George White (1840 – 11 May 1912) was Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Norfolk from 1900 until his death in 1912, aged 72.
Born in Lincolnshire, he moved to Norwich aged sixteen to take up a clerical post. He worked his way up to become chairman and managing director of Howlett and White, Norwich's largest manufacturer of boots and shoes. He was president of the Baptist Union in 1903. In 1907 he succeeded Robert William Perks as president of the Nonconformist Parliamentary Council.
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British politician
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George White was born in 1840.
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George White died on 11 May 1912.
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