George Shirtcliffe

Sir George Shirtcliffe KBE (1862 – 20 July 1941) was a New Zealand businessman and politician.

After one year he joined the National Mortgage and Agency Company as a junior until 1880 when he was appointed as an accountant.

In 1882, he was attained a position as an accountant for the Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association and was promoted to be its manager in 1884.

He was a member of the executive of the War Relief Association of Wellington from 1915 until 1934, when indifferent health necessitated his retirement.

[4] At the 1919 Birthday Honours he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services in connection with the New Zealand Branch of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem.