George Leach (civil servant)

Lieutenant Colonel Sir George Archibald Leach, KCB (25 April 1820 – 18 June 1913) was an English civil servant.

[1] Leach entered the Royal Engineers in 1837 and retired on half-pay in 1861 with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

On the establishment of the Board of Agriculture in 1889, he became its Permanent Secretary, serving until 1892.

[1] On Leach's death, he was described by The Daily Telegraph as a "veteran official".

[2] He was also a keen yachtsman and vice-president of the Royal Yacht Racing Association.