George F. Wright

George Frederick Wright (April 23, 1881 – July 2, 1938) was Mayor of Honolulu from 1931 to 1938.

Both his parents were English, his mother was born in Darlington[4] while his father was originally from Langton; the couple had lived in Australia and New Zealand prior to settling down in Hawaii in 1880.

[5][6][7] He enlisted in the National Guard and during the First World War served on a local coastal artillery unit.

Memorials to him were installed at a downtown housing project and at Washington Middle School in the Pāwaʻa section of the city.

[citation needed] Mayor Wright was married to May Martha Lycett in 1905.