Sir George Goodman (17 November 1791 – 13 October 1859)[2] was an English wool-stapler,[3] a magistrate for the borough and county of Leeds,[4] as well as a Liberal politician.

Following the resignation of C. G. Maclea, Goodman was again elected mayor on 1 January 1847 and left office on 9 November 1847.

[11][12] In 1851, Goodman served as Leeds' civic representative at The Great Exhibition, after which, on 26 February 1852, he was knighted at Buckingham Palace, shortly before his resignation as mayor.

[13][3] Goodman sat for the Borough of Leeds in the House of Commons for five years, beginning at the 1852 general election,[14] before retiring upon the 1857 dissolution of Parliament because of poor health brought about by a stroke of paralysis and neuralgia.

The Gentleman's Magazine reported that he died on 13 October 1859 at his seat, Roundhay, near Leeds aged 67.