George E. Royce

George Edmund Royce (January 1, 1829 - March 5, 1903) was an American businessman from Rutland, Vermont who was prominent in the quarrying and building stone industry.

He was also a banker, jointly founding the Baxter National Bank of Rutland, and was a member of the Vermont State Senate from 1902 to his death in 1903.

Royce was also the prime investor in the establishment of the True Blue Marble Company near West Rutland in 1884.

[1] Royce was very active in Democratic Party politics in Vermont as was influential in the state.

He was a state delegate to the 1900 Democratic National Convention, and was a staunch supporter of William Jennings Bryan as the party nominee.