Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George James Cullum Welch, 1st Baronet, (20 October 1895 – 28 July 1980), commonly known as Sir Cullum Welch, was a British Army officer, businessman, and member of the City of London Corporation, who served as Lord Mayor of London between 1956 and 1957.
During the First World War he served as an officer in the Royal Berkshire Regiment, attaining the rank of Captain and being awarded the Military Cross.
[2] He again served with the regiment during the Second World War, gaining the rank of Lieutenant colonel.
On 16 December 1957 he was created a baronet, of Chard in the County of Somerset.
[5] He married his second wife, Irene Avril (died 2 March 1996), daughter of John Foster OBE, on 25 February 1969.