| Authorised form of name | Best; George (c 1756 - 1823); Baron Best |
| Dates | c 1756 - 1823 |
| Date of birth | c. 1756 |
| Date of death | 12 March 1823 |
| Activity | Honours:
Baron 1816
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/03/1791 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll |
| Code | NA2841 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1790/18 | Best, George, Baron Best: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/72/964 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Reverend W. H. Yeandle | 15 September 1930 |
| AP/7/12/2 | Unpublished translation of a letter, on a discovery of a new star from Schroeter [Johann Hieronymus Schroter] to [George] Best | 31 March 1802 |
| AP/7/12/1 | Unpublished letter, on a discovery of a new star from Schroeter [Johann Hieronymus Schroter] to [George] Best | 31 March 1802 |
| HS/5/57 | Letter, from Baron George Best to Sir John Herschel, dated at 19 Sloane St. | 16 April 1821 |