George Simson [SEP] occupation
George Simson
George Simson (1767-1848), of 36 Portland Place and Whitton Park, Middlesex was a politician.
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Maidstone 1806 to 1818.
and his wife, Jane Anne Catherine née Fraser, of Reelig, Scotland. He was educated at Charterhouse School, then at Dulwich College, then at King's College London and in France. As a young man he joined a ship-owning firm in London before turning to music as a full-time occupation in his early forties.
Life and career Musical comedies.
Fraser-Simson published his first song, "My Sweet Sweeting", in 1907. His first theatre score was for the 1911 musical "Bonita