Sir George Clerk of Penicuick, sixth baronet

(1787-1867)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Clerk, Sir George (1787-1867) 6th Baronet Statesman DNB: Clerk, Sir George, of Penicuick, sixth baronet (1787-1867), politician LBT ID: GeClerk1867	B/BAP: 1787-11-19 DIED: 1867-12-23
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com
Educated at Edinburgh and Trinity College, Oxford, he was a Tory MP for Edinburgh (1811-32, 1835-37), Stamford (1838-47), and Dover (1847-52).
REFERENCES TO Sir George Clerk of Penicuick, sixth baronet: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter I 1826-27 Found 1: ¶ 3 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 15: Learned Societies Found 1: ¶ 8