Reverend Oswald Staniforth (born George Edward Charles Staniforth; 1865–1930) was a British Franciscan friar notable for his writings on various religious subjects.

[1][2] George was born in the town of Erith, Kent, to Charles Staniforth, an accountant who was born in Smyrna, Turkey as a British Subject, and Agnes Harrietta Woodbridge, born in France.

[3] By age fourteen he was attending St Augustine's College, Canterbury.

He worked as a missionary during the Boer War, serving with the British Army in South Africa.

He lived in various places over his life including Kent, Yorkshire, Wales and had worked as a missionary in California and Montreal.