Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Alfred Ernest Hussey (14 December 1864 – 20 August 1950)[1] was a British brewer, volunteer officer and local politician who served as mayor of Southampton 1899–1901.
[3] He was elected a councillor of the borough of Southampton in 1892, an Alderman in 1898, and served three terms as mayor of the city 1899–1901.
His years as mayor coincided with the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899–1902), and he was thus responsible for the city with the port where a major part of the troops would go out or return home.
[4] For his services as mayor he was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the November 1901 Birthday Honours list,[5] and received the knighthood from King Edward VII on 10 December 1901.
[1] On 13 March 1912 he retired from the Regiment,[10] and the following July he was appointed a lieutenant-colonel of the Territorial Force Reserve.