George Rodney, 3rd Baron Rodney (18 June 1782 – 21 June 1842), was a British peer. Charlotte Georgiana Lady Rodney

Rodney was the eldest son of

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, by Anne Harley, daughter and heiress of Thomas Harley. He succeeded his father in the barony in 1802, aged 19, inheriting

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. In 1804 he was appointed

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(succeeding his grandfather Thomas Harley), a post he held until his death in 1842. Lord Rodney married Charlotte Georgiana Gould-Morgan, daughter of

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, in 1819. There were no children from the marriage. He died in June 1842, three days after his 60th birthday, and was buried at

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. His younger brother Thomas succeeded in the barony. Lady Rodney died in February 1878.

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