George Nesbitt (Irish politician)

George J. Nesbitt (c. 1870/71–1954)[1][2][3] was an Irish businessman and Free State senator from Kimmage, Dublin.

[10][11] In 1916, he was active in the Irish National Aid Association, which supported republicans killed or imprisoned after the Easter Rising and their dependents.

[12] In 1918 he was appointed co-treasurer of Sinn Féin, alongside Jennie Wyse Power, after the previous board were arrested during the "German Plot" scare.

[3][13] During the Irish War of Independence, he was interned in Ballykinler camp, where he staged a play on Easter Sunday 1921.

[15] He was a member of the Seanad of the Irish Free State from its creation in 1922, being 26th of the 30 senators elected by the Third Dáil.