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George Shum (?1751- 28 February 1805), of 29 Bedford Square, Middlesex and Berry Hill, near Dorking, Surrey, was an English politician.
He was in business with his father in the business of Shum & Son, sugar refiners and also a partner in Gyfford's brewery.
He was a Whig Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Honiton 1796 - 28 February 1805. [1]
Dorking is a market town in Surrey in South East England, about 34 km (21 mi) south of London. It is in Mole Valley District and the council headquarters are to the east of the centre. The High Street runs roughly east-west, parallel to the Pipp Brook and along the northern face of an outcrop of Lower Greensand. The town is surrounded on three sides by the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is close to Box Hill and Leith Hill.
Bedford is a borough in and the county seat of Bedford County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is located 102 miles (164 km) west of Harrisburg, the state capital, and 107 miles (172 km) east of Pittsburgh. Bedford's population was 2,841 at the 2010 census.
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