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{{About|the British businessman and politician in India|other persons of the same name|George Yule (disambiguation)}}
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'''George Yule''' (17 April 1829 – 26 March 1892) was a Scottish merchant in England and India who served as the fourth President of the [[Indian National Congress]] in 1888 at Allahabad, the first non-Indian to hold that office.<ref name="HallRose2006">{{cite book|author1=Catherine Hall|author2=Sonya O. Rose|author2-link=Sonya O. Rose|title=At Home with the Empire: Metropolitan Culture and the Imperial World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2oVCvtC1zAEC&pg=PA281|date=2006|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-46009-5|page=281}}</ref> He was founder of [[Synthomer|George Yule & Co.]] of London, and headed [[Andrew Yule and Company Ltd.|Andrew Yule & Co.]], of [[Calcutta]]. He served as [[Sheriff of Calcutta]] and as President of the [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry|Indian Chamber of Commerce]].

He [[Tiger hunting|killed almost 400 tigers]] during his tenure as Administrator.

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==Merchant in England and India==
Around 1855 George Yule and his brother [[Andrew Yule]] moved to [[Manchester]] and in 1858 they established a warehouse partnership there. The business flourished, enabling George Yule to reside at [[Platt Hall]], Manchester, and at 22A Austin Friars, London, while his brother moved to India. In 1875 George Yule, accompanied by their nephew [[David Yule]] (son of the third brother, David), joined Andrew in India. George, who was childless, served as the principal director of the various family enterprises. [[Annie Henrietta Yule|Andrew's daughter Annie]] [[cousin marriage|married her cousin]] David and the wealth was consolidated over the generations.

George Yule is interred at [[Dunnottar kirkyard]].

== References ==
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== Further reading ==

* {{Cite web |url=http://www.congresssandesh.com/AICC/pastpresidents.htm |title=Past Presidents of Indian National Congress |publisher=[[Indian National Congress]] |access-date=28 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020115121118/http://www.congresssandesh.com/AICC/pastpresidents.htm|archive-date=15 January 2002}}

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