George William Burleigh Jr. (April 18, 1870 – March 15, 1940) was a director of the Lackawanna Steel Company and a Colonel in the New York National Guard who commanded the Ninth Coast Defense during World War I.

[1][2] He was born on April 18, 1870, in Somersworth, New Hampshire, to George William Burleigh Sr. (1830–1878) and Hannah Louise Bryant.

[3] He attended New York Law School and then married Isis Yturbide Stockton (1868–1945).

[1][5] He relinquished his command in 1919 to become the assistant Inspector General for the New York Guard.

[3] He was awarded the Chevalier Legion d'Honneur by René Viviani on April 11, 1921.