St George Caulfeild (16 September 1697 – 17 May 1778) was Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.
[4] He was the fourth son of William Caulfeild, judge of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland) and his wife Lettice, daughter of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet by Eleanor, daughter of Sir George St George (knight of Carrickdrumrusk).
[4] Ball refers to his conduct of an abduction case where he refused to allow defence counsel to cross-examine the victim about her personal life, asking how any man of honour and compassion could propose to ask such questions of a young woman.
[5] He retired in 1760; although he had a house at Aungier St. in central Dublin, he spent much of his time at the family estate, Donamon Castle, County Roscommon In 1770 he was attacked and wounded there by his former bailiff.
[5] Ball refers to a prayer attributed to Charles Wesley which may actually have been written by Caulfield.