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George Selwyn (politician)
18th century British politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Augustus Selwyn (11 August 1719 – 25 January 1791) of Matson House in Gloucestershire, England, was a Member of Parliament. A renowned eccentric and "necrophiliac, gay transvestite, he sat mute, loved, and undisturbed in the House of Commons for 44 years".[1]
For other people with the same name, see George Selwyn (disambiguation).
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