George Selwyn (politician)

For other people with the same name, see George Selwyn (disambiguation).
George Augustus Selwyn by Sir Joshua Reynolds

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]

  1. ^ BBC History Magazine. February 2011 vol 12 no 2 pp 53–54. "George Selwyn,