George Meredith (13 February 1777 – 1856) was the head of the Meredith family who, with the Amos family, were the first white settlers on the east coast of Tasmania.
[1] Meredith arrived in Hobart in 1821 and farmed near Swansea.
Meredith's daughter Clara married Richard Dry, Tasmanian Premier and the first Australian to receive a knighthood.
Meredith's grandson, Duncan Boyes won the Victoria Cross at Shimonoseki, Japan in 1865.
A memorial to George Meredith can be found in All Saints churchyard, Swansea.