Rear-Admiral Sir George Burlton KCB (died 21 September 1815) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.

[6] On 13 February 1814 Boyne engaged the French ship-of-the-line Romulus, for which Burlton was commended by Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew.

[7] On 4 June 1814 Burlton was raised to flag rank as a Rear-Admiral of the White[8] and on 2 January 1815 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.

He had been Commander-in-Chief on the East Indies Station and when the vacancy became known in England Sir George Burlton was appointed to succeed him.

[12] Burlton took over the East Indies command from acting-Commodore George Sayer in June 1815, but died at Madras on 21 September.