Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet (26 September 1720 – 16 August 1766) was a British

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 Whig politician, physician and merchant.

He was the eldest son of Claudius Amyand, the Surgeon-in-Ordinary to King George II of Great Britain, and his wife Mary Rabache, and was baptised at St James's Church, Piccadilly

St James's Church, Piccadilly

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. Armyand was army contractor during the Seven Years' War

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, an assistant to the Russia Company in 1756 and a director of the East India Company

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 in 1762. Between 1754 and 1766, Amyand sat as Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Barnstaple

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. On 9 August 1764, he was created a Baronet, of Moccas Court, in the County of Hereford.

In 1748, Amyand married Anna Maria Korteen, daughter of John Abraham Korteen, a German merchant of Hamburg

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. They had two daughters and two sons. Amyand died, aged 45, from undisclosed causes, and was buried at Carshalton

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 a week later. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his elder son George

Sir George Cornewall, 2nd Baronet

Sir George Cornewall, 2nd Baronet was a British politician, soldier and baronet.-Background:Born George Amyand, he was the older son of Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet and his wife Anna Maria Korteen, daughter of John Abraham Korteen. In 1766, he succeeded his father as baronet...

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