George Backhouse Witts (1846 – 6 September 1912) was a British civil engineer and archaeologist who specialised in the prehistoric barrows of Gloucestershire.

He was also the local magistrate and in 1906, during a later period of disorder on the hill, was forced to read the Riot Act to disperse a crowd who were intent on further damage to property.

[7][8][9] His other activities included the Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers, in which he was a lieutenant, being honorary secretary of the Cotswold Hunt, and participation in the Ancient Order of Foresters.

He was a churchgoer and gave talks on the local area after which he would sometimes entertain the audience with Gloucestershire folk songs such as "The stwuns [stones] that built George Ridler's oven", a song with a secret meaning originally known only to members of The Gloucestershire Society.

Probate was granted to his daughter Sybil Holdsworth Witts, spinster, and Edward Clare Sewell, solicitor.