Rupert George

Captain Sir Rupert George, 1st Baronet (16 January 1749, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, Ireland – 25 January 1823, Willesden, London Borough of Brent, Greater London, England) was a British naval officer in the American Revolution, became the Commodore for the Royal Navy's North America Station (1792-1794).

In addition to their house at St. Stephen's Green, the family had a country estate at Clophook near Stradbally, County Laois.

Denis George, Recorder of Dublin and later one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland), was his younger brother.

From 1792 to 1794, during the French Revolutionary Wars, George served as the Commodore of the North America Station, commanding His Majesty's Naval Force on the Coasts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

[4] He was buried in a vault at the centre of the plot in front of the portico of St Mary's Church, Battersea, England.

[28] His second oldest son Rupert Dennis George then departed for Nova Scotia to take his older brother's position as Provincial Secretary (1813-1827).

He also was the Aide-de-camp during Lieutenant Governor Sir Peregrine Maitland's command of the Nova Scotia militia.