The Hon. George Higginson Allsopp (28 March 1846 – 9 September 1907) was an English brewer and Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 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

Henry Allsopp, 1st Baron Hindlip

Henry Allsopp, 1st Baron Hindlip , was a British businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament ....

, head of the brewery firm of Samuel Allsopp & Sons

Samuel Allsopp & Sons

Samuel Allsopp & Sons was one of the largest brewery companies operating in Burton upon Trent, England.Allsopp’s origins go back to the 1740s, when Benjamin Wilson, an innkeeper-brewer of Burton, brewed beer for his own premises and sold some to other innkeepers...

 and his wife Elizabeth Tongue. He was educated at Eton

Eton College

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 and Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

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  and entered the family brewery. Between 1868 and 1871 he appeared in cricket matches for Worcestershire, although they did not qualify as first class. Allsopp was a J.P.

Justice of the Peace

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 and Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

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 for Staffordshire

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 and Derbyshire

Derbyshire

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. 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

United Kingdom general election, 1885

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, he was elected as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Worcester

Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)

Worcester is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1885 it has elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election; from 1295 to 1885 it elected two MPs....

. He held the seat until he retired from politics at the 1906 election

United Kingdom general election, 1906

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.

Allsopp lived at Foston Hall, Derby and at 8, Hereford Gardens, Park Lane. He died at Salisbury at the age of 61.

Allsopp married Mildred Georgiana Ashley-Cooper daughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 8th Earl of Shaftesbury , styled Lord Ashley between 1851 and 1885, was a British peer, the son of the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury....

, in 1895. His brother Samuel

Samuel Allsopp, 2nd Baron Hindlip

Samuel Charles Allsopp, 2nd Baron Hindlip , was a British businessman and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1873 and 1887 when he inherited the peerage....

 was also MP for Taunton

Taunton (UK Parliament constituency)

Taunton was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors from 1295 to 2010, taking its name from the town of Taunton in Somerset...

, and his brothers Herbert

Herbert Allsopp

The Hon. Captain Herbert Tongue Allsopp was an English First Class cricketer who played for Cambridge University....

 and Frederic

Frederic Allsopp

The Hon. Frederic Allsopp was an English first class cricketer who played for Marylebone Cricket Club in 1884....

were also cricketers who played in first class games.

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