Frederick George Burgess (16 July 1871 – 31 March 1951) was a British politician and trade unionist.
Increasingly holding prominent offices in the union, including secretary of the Maidstone branch for seventeen years, he also served on various government committees during World War I.
Despite his lack of success, he left the railway industry the following year (refusing a post as night porter at NUR headquarters), and worked as a political agent and lecturer, also producing political cartoons and articles under the pseudonym of "Battersea Bowser".
[1] In 1937, he was elected to represent Camberwell North West on London County Council, serving until 1949.
He served as Camberwell's mayor from 1947 until 1949, taking over from his wife Jessie Burgess who held the role from 1945 to 1947.