George Longman (MP)

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George Longman (1776-1822), of 22 Bloomsbury Square, Middlesex, was a politician.

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Maidstone 1806-1812 and 1818–1820.{{Cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/longman-george-1773-1822|title = LONGMAN, George (C.1773-1822), of 22 Bloomsbury Square, MDX. | History of Parliament Online}} His father, Thomas Longman (1699–1755), was the founder of the publishing company Longman. George Longman was also a major financial supporter of the inventor John Dickinson (1782–1869). Dickinson had developed a continuous mechanised papermaking process, the cylinder mould machine, close on the heels of the first mechanised paper machine of 1803, known to this day as the Fourdrinier. With Longmans backing he set up the company Longman & Dickinson in 1809 and bought in the same year his first paper mill at Apsley (Hertfordshire),Joan Evans (great niece of John Dickinson): „The Endless Web - John Dickinson & Co. Ltd 1804-1954“, pp.12-14, Jonathan Cape, London 1955 which later developed into John Dickinson & Co. Ltd., a longtime international leader in papermaking and stationery.