George White Marston (October 22, 1850 – May 31, 1946) was an American politician, department store owner, and philanthropist.

His father had a chronic respiratory ailment and wanted to live in a better climate for his health, so the family moved to San Diego in 1870.

Marston was initially a clerk in the Horton House Hotel, then entered the mercantile business as a bookkeeper with the firm of Aaron Pauly & Sons general merchandise store and warehouse merchants.

The Marston Company, at 5th Avenue and C Street in downtown San Diego, became the only major department store in the city.

Marston served as chairman of the Buildings and Grounds Committee for the 1915 Panama–California Exposition in Balboa Park.

A statue by Ruth Hayward of Marston with other significant founders of San Diego stands in Balboa Park.

He commissioned the building of the Serra Museum, designed by architect William Templeton Johnson, in Presidio Park.

Marston served as a founding trustee for Pomona College and funded a number of the campus's early buildings.

[5] George Marston's Residence at 3525 Seventh Avenue was designed by Irving Gill and William S. Hebbard architects in 1904/1905.

[7] Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) took over operation of the property in July 2009 and is in the process of restoring the gardens and furnishing the home in appropriate period style.

Wilde called his opponent "Geranium George", painting Marston as unfriendly to business.

[9] Local horticulturist Jim Zemcik has produced a "Geranium George" series of geranium varieties in Marston's honor, including one variety named for his wife Anna Gunn Marston, who was an avid gardener.