Sir_George_Shee,_1st_Baronet

Sir George Shee, 1st Baronet

Sir George Shee, 1st Baronet

British official and baronet

Sir George Shee, 1st Baronet (1758–1825) was a British East India Company official, politician, and landlord.[1] He was made a baronet in 1794.

He was Surveyor General of the Ordnance in Ireland from 1797 to 1799 and also sat in the Parliament of Ireland as the MP for Knocktopher from 1798 until the union with Great Britain in 1800.[2]

After the union he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1800 to 1803 and Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from 1806 to 1807. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1810.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "George Shee". Past Members. Royal Dublin Society. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  2. [2]
    E. M. Johnston-Liik, MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.122 (Retrieved 24 November 2022).
  3. [3]
    "Fellow Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
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