George Huskisson

George Huskisson

George Huskisson - half-brother of William Huskisson the MP - was commissioned in the Royal Marines until 1820, when he resigned his commission to take up his appointment as Collector of Customs at Saint Vincent in the West Indies, an appointment he held until his death 24 years later in 1844.


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