George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton

George Saunderson, 5th Viscount Castleton (12 October 1631 – 27 May 1714) was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1698.

Saunderson was born in Fillingham, Lincolnshire, the son of Sir Nicholas Saunderson, 2nd Viscount Castleton and his wife Frances Manners, daughter of Sir George Manners of Haddon Hall, Derbyshire.

He was re-elected MP for Lincolnshire in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and held the seat until 1698.

[2] From 1689–94 he was colonel of a regiment of foot which he raised in Yorkshire and which served in Ireland and in Flanders under King William III.

Her father left her only five shillings in his will because he disapproved of her marriage to Lord Castleton.