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Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet (19 November 1787 – 23 December 1867), was a British politician.

He was Member of Parliament for Edinburghshire from 1811 to 1832 and again from 1835–1837, for Stamford 1838–1847 and then for Dover from 1847 to 1852. He served as one of the Commissioners of Weights and Measures, 1818 to 1821; a Lord of the Admiralty, 1819 to 1827 and again 1828 to 1830, and a member of the Council of the Lord High Admiral (The Duke of Clarence) 1827 to 1828; Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 5 August to 22 November 1830; Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, 1834 to 1835; Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1841 to 1845; Vice-President of the Board of Trade, 1845 to 1846.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: Robert Saunders-Dundas	Member for Edinburghshire 1811–1832	Succeeded by: Sir John Dalrymple
Preceded by: Sir John Dalrymple	Member for Edinburghshire 1835–1837	Succeeded by: William Gibson Craig
Preceded by: Thomas Chaplin Marquess of Granby	Member for Stamford with Marquess of Granby 1838–1847	Succeeded by: Marquess of Granby John Charles Herries
Preceded by: Sir John Rae Reid, Bt Edward Royd Rice	Member for Dover with Edward Royd Rice 1847–1852	Succeeded by: Edward Royd Rice Viscount Chelsea
Political offices
Preceded by: William Yates Peel	Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1830	Succeeded by: The Hon. George Lamb
Preceded by: Charles Wood	Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 1834–1835	Succeeded by: Edward John Stanley
Preceded by: Richard More O'Ferrall	Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1841–1845	Succeeded by: Edward Cardwell
Preceded by: The Earl of Dalhousie	Vice-President of the Board of Trade 1845–1846	Succeeded by: Thomas Milner Gibson
Military Offices
Preceded by: Sir Henry Hardinge	Clerk of the Ordnance 1827–1828	Succeeded by: Spencer Perceval
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by: John Clerk	Baronet (of Penicuik) 1798-1867	Succeeded by: James Clerk