Charles Joseph George Listenⓘ (before 1881 – 1906) was a successful Saro[nb 1] trader who was appointed a member of the Legislative Council of the Lagos Colony from 1886 onwards.
On 17 February 1881, George was one of the community leaders who laid the foundation stone for the Wesley Church at Olowogbowo, in the west of Lagos Island.
George was appointed an unofficial[nb 2] member of the Legislative Council by Governor Alfred Moloney when Lagos Colony was separated from the Gold Coast in 1886.
[2] The British had arranged to pay Dosunmu, the Oba of Lagos an annual grant of £1,000 for his lifetime, after which they would assume full sovereignty of the colony.
When Dosunmu died in 1884, Africans led by James Johnson and supported by George demanded a reasonable payment for his son, Oyekan.
George said "any obstacle in the way of publication of newspapers in this colony means throwing Lagos back to its position forty or fifty years ago".