Sir George Elliot
British politician
Died when: 79 years 280 days (957 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet, JP (18 March 1814 – 23 December 1893) was a mining engineer and self-made businessman from Gateshead in the North-East of England.
A colliery labourer who went on to own several coal mines, he later bought a wire rope manufacturing company which manufactured the first Transatlantic telegraph cable.
He was also a Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP).
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