Major George Irby, 3rd Baron Boston (27 December 1777 – 12 March 1856) was an English peer and landowner.
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Early life
George Irby was born on 9 June 1749 at Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, London. For his baptism on 28 January 1778, his sponsor was King George III (for whom his father served as Lord of the Bedchamber). He was the eldest son, of thirteen children, born to the former Christian Methuen and Frederick Irby, 2nd Baron Boston. Among his siblings were Rear-Admiral Hon. Frederick Paul Irby (who married George's sister-in-law, Emily Ives Drake), Hon. Charles Leonard Irby (who travelled to the Middle East and married Frances Mangles), and the Hon. Anne Maria Louisa Irby (who married Henry Peachey, 3rd Baron Selsey), among others.
His paternal grandparents were William Irby, 1st Baron Boston, and Albinia Selwyn (a sister of William Selwyn, MP for Whitchurch). His paternal aunt, Hon. Augusta Georgina Elizabeth Irby, married Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham. His maternal grandparents were Paul Methuen, MP for Westbury, Warwick, and Great Bedwyn, and Catharine Cobb of Corsham Court, Wiltshire. His maternal uncle, Paul Cobb Methuen, was the father of Paul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen.
He was educated at Eton College, and graduated from Oxford University with a Doctor of Civil Laws.