(20/11/1816-16/10/1895)
George's parents were Reverend Laurence William and Matilda Elizabeth (maiden name Halsey). He arrived on 01/06/1829 on the Parmelia. He was said to have family connections with Governor Stirling and accompanied him to England in 1832. George was married on 01/06/1842 in Australind to Louisa Clifton (1814-13/10/1880), daughter of Marshall WaIler and Elinor Bell. George and Louisa's children were premature twins (died 1842), Elinor Haude Catherine (1844-1915), Laurence Stirling (1845-1922), Anna (1847-1940), Mary Gertrude (1848-1933), Geoffrey (1850-1902), John Raymond (1853-1929), William Pearce (1855-1911) and Priscilla Richenda (1856-1940). George selected 2560 acres in the Plantagenet district and bought 4000 acres in Avon. He also accompanied Stirling on his overland expedition to Albany in 1835. George was listed in the 1837 Census as owning a farm. At an early age, he held civil appointments, Clerk to Stirling, and revisited England in 1839-1840. George lived in Bunbury, where he was Resident Magistrate with his home at "Bury Hill". He transferred to Geraldton in the 1870s, "very dreary town, no trees, no flowers, no society, all sand and bottle" according to Prinsep, on 12/1871. He also served at Albany. Church services at Bunbury were conducted at "Bury Hill" until the church was built in 1842.