George Nesbitt

George J. Nesbitt ( 1870/1871–1954) was an Irish businessman and Free State senator from Kimmage, Dublin.

He was educated at Synge Street CBS and University College Dublin. He married Enid (b.1880/81) in 1906 or 1907. He was among those who left the Theatre in 1906 to form the Theatre of Ireland , where he served as stage manager.

In 1916, he was active in the Irish National Aid Association, which supported republicans killed or imprisoned after the Easter Rising and their dependents. In 1918 he was appointed co-treasurer of Sinn Féin, alongside Jennie Wyse Power, after the previous board were arrested during the "German Plot" scare. During the Irish War of Independence, he was interned in Ballykinler camp, where he staged a play on Easter Sunday 1921. In 1922, he was among the founders of Irish Photoplays, which financed three feature films.

He was a member of the Seanad of the Irish Free State from its creation in 1922, being 26th of the 30 senators elected by the 3rd Dáil. He was an independent, though generally supportive of the government of Cumann na nGaedheal.