Background
Durant was born the second son of the Reverend Josiah Durant, rector of Hagley, Worcestershire and educated at Street Edmund Hall, Oxford.
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George Durant
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Street Edmund Hall.
Career
He was a senior clerk in the Pay Office and was sent with the Army as paymaster on an expedition to Havana, which was a lucrative posting. On his return he purchased the village of Tong in Shropshire from the Duke of Kingston in 1764 and rebuilt Tong Castle in a unique style. He died in 1780 and was buried in Saint Bartholomew’s church, Tong.
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13th Parliament of Great Britain]
Between 1768 and 1774 he was Member of Parliament for Evesham.
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Nationality
British