Sir George Harrison, FRS, KCH (19 June 1767 – 3 February 1841) was an English barrister and civil servant.
During a tenure of twenty-one years at the Treasury, he presided over the growth of a professional civil service and an increasing transfer of power from political appointees to administrators.
An able young lawyer, he entered government service as register and counsel to the committee for redemption of land tax, initiated by Pitt in 1798, and was called to the bar in 1800.
[2] Having survived the change of ministries in 1806, Harrison easily weathered the fall of the coalition, and became a trusted adviser to Spencer Perceval.
[2] With the accession of Liverpool as Prime Minister in 1812, his old colleague Vanisttart became Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Harrison's influence and responsibility at the Treasury reached their greatest heights.
He acted as an adviser to the government in regard to the organisation of the Treasury, and to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his dealings with the Bank of England and City financial interests.