George as First Name

George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl Of Cholmondeley            Origin/Culture/Country: British
George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl Of Cholmondeley: Cholmondeley was the son of George Cholmondeley, 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley, and Elizabeth van Ruyterburgh (or Ruttenburg). He was elected to the House of Commons for East Looe in 1724, a seat he held until 1727, and then represented Windsor between 1727 and 1733, when he succeeded his father as third Earl of Cholmondeley and entered the House of Lords. He held office under his father-in-law Sir Robert Walpole as a Lord of the Admiralty from 1727 to 1729, as a Lord of the Treasury from 1735 to 1736 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1736 to 1743 (from 1742 to 1743 under the premiership of the The Earl of Wilmington. From 1743 to 1744 he also served as Lord Privy Seal under Henry Pelham and was Joint Vice Treasurer of Ireland between 1744 and 1757. In 1736 he was admitted to the Privy Council.

George Clement Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon,            Origin/Culture/Country: British
George Clement Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon,: was a British Conservative politician who served in a number of ministerial positions in the inter-war years.

George Duckworth            Origin/Culture/Country: British
George Duckworth: Duckworth, who won his cricketing fame as a wicket-keeper, joined Lancashire in 1922, playing his first game in 1923 and his last in 1938 and went on to become a Lancashire committeeman. 1928 saw his best season, with him taking 77 catches and 30 stumpings, and this earned him the accolade of being one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1929. He played 24 Test matches for England, but as a wicket-keeper he was in direct competition in his later years with Les Ames, who was a much better batsman. He was awarded a benefit in 1934, which raised £1,257. He was reputed to have the loudest shout of appeal of any cricketer of his time.

George Frederick ("Fred") Grace            Origin/Culture/Country: British
George Frederick ("Fred") Grace: was the youngest of the three Grace brothers to play Test match cricket for England. Fred was an attractive batsman, but one who lacked the concentration and resolve to build a long innings. Like his 2 famous brothers he made a duck on his first class debut. Grace was selected along with his two brothers WG and EM to play in the first Test in England in 1880. He was out for nought in both innings but held a skyscraping catch at the Vauxhall end off the giant Australian batsman George Bonnor. Two weeks later he was dead of pneumonia, caught, it was said, as the result of sleeping in a damp bed.

George Frederick Vernon            Origin/Culture/Country: British
George Frederick Vernon: was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club. He also played one Test match for England during the first-ever Ashes tour in 1882-83.

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George as Last Name

Susan Melody George            Origin/Culture/Country: British
Susan Melody George: is a British actress and producer. Susan George has been acting since the age of four, appearing on both television and film. Her most notable roles include those of the double rape victim Amy, alongside Dustin Hoffman, in Straw Dogs (1971), and Mary Coombs in Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974). In the early 1970s George came to be associated with rather provocative, sometimes (as in Straw Dogs) controversial, roles and, to an extent, became type-cast. The film historian Leslie Halliwell's rather terse summary was, "British leading lady, former child actress; usually typed as sexpot" (Filmgoer's Companion, 8th ed 1984).

Ricky George            Origin/Culture/Country: British
Ricky George: is a former English footballer, businessman and columnist. He is notable for scoring the winning goal for Hereford United in the famous 1971-72 FA Cup match against Newcastle United. He was also part owner of Earth Summit, which won the 1998 Grand National.

Frederick Charles "Charlie" George            Origin/Culture/Country: British
Frederick Charles "Charlie" George: is an English former footballer.George supported Arsenal as a boy and played for Islington Schoolboys before joining his favoured club in May 1966. He turned professional in 1968 and made his first-team debut for the club on 9 August 1969 against Everton, on the first day of the 1969-70 season; Arsenal lost 1-0.

William (Billy) George            Origin/Culture/Country: British
William (Billy) George: was a football player who played for Aston Villa F.C. from October 1897 to July 1911. As of July 2007 he is tenth on the Aston Villa all time appearances table.His previous clubs were for the now defunct Woolwich Ramblers, Army football for the Royal Artillery and for the now defunct Trowbridge Town when he was on leave.