George Gordon Byron Sproat

George Gordon Byron Sproat (1858 - 23 or 24 January 1927) was a farmer and poet from Galloway. He contributed poetry to local publications including The Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser and The Gallovidian under the pen name Venetia. He published a collection of poetry titled The Rose o' Dalma Linn and Other Lays of Galloway in 1888 which was illustrated by the artist John Faed. Three poems from the collection were anthologised in Harper's The Bards of Galloway, which also included his most famous work, the song Bonnie Gallowa.

Sproat was born at Nethertown of Almorness in the parish of Buittle, where his father was tenant.