George Elliston (politician)

Captain Sir George Sampson Elliston MC was Conservative Member of Parliament for Blackburn from 1931 to 1945.
Ellison was educated at Ayerst [Hostel, Cambridge|Ayerst Hall, Cambridge], Framlingham College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1901. However, he subsequently became a doctor by profession and served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during and after the First World War.
First elected MP for Blackburn in 1931, Elliston was 1935 [United Kingdom general election|re-elected in 1935].