Like his brother, the very unpopular Lord Buckingham, Lord Nugent was a founding member of The Yacht Club, but was a much more engaging character.
Born in 1788, George Nugent-Greville also studied at Brasenose College, Oxford, becoming 2nd Baron Nugent of Carlanstown on his mother's death in 1813.
He was MP for Buckingham (a rotten borough controlled by the Grenvilles) 1810-12, then MP for Aylesbury 1812-32 and 1847-50. A committed Whig and reformer, he was appointed Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands 1832-5, where his liberal democratic policies made him a hero. He clashed with London over his progressive ideas but is still remembered in Greece, particularly Corfu.
On his return to England he campaigned for the abolition of capital punishment and for penal reform.
Among his writings are pamphlets on political and ecclesiastical matters, Portugal, A Poem (1812), Memorials of John Hampden (1832), and a book of travels: Lands Classical and Sacred (1845-6).
He owned a yacht, the 74-ton schooner Flying Fish, but he does not seem to have played a conspicuous part in the organisation or activities of the Yacht Club, possibly because he held such different political views from many of his fellow members.