George Stovin Venables (1810–1888), born in Wales, was a journalist and a barrister at the English bar.
His father was Richard Venables, vicar of Nantmel and then archdeacon of Carmarthen.
[5] His literary connections included time at Charterhouse with William Makepeace Thackeray (they fought); the character George Warrington in Pendennis is said to be based on Venables.
[5][6] A friendship with Alfred, Lord Tennyson arose from Cambridge days.
[7] He wrote an anonymous book of verse Joint Compositions (1848) with Henry Lushington.