George Dodington
Politician
1662 – 1720
Who was George Dodington?
George Dodington was a Whig politician under the patronage of Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford.
Dodington represented Charlemont in the Irish House of Commons from 1707 to 1713. He served as Secretary to the Treasurer of the Navy during the reign of William III, and as Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1707 to 1708. In 1707-1708 was Secretary to the Commissioners for a Union with Scotland. From 1708 to 1710 he was one of the Lords of the Admiralty. From 1715 until his death he was Lord Lieutenant of Somerset. He died in 1720 and left his estate to his nephew George Bubb, who assumed the surname of Dodington.
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