| Sir George Hodges Knox | |
| Term Start: | 21 October 1942 |
| Term End: | 9 October 1947 |
| Assembly2: | Victorian Legislative |
| Term Start2: | 10 November 1945 |
| Term End2: | 11 July 1960 |
| Predecessor2: | New division |
| Assembly3: | Victorian Legislative |
| Term Start3: | 9 April 1927 |
| Term End3: | October 1945 |
| Predecessor3: | New division |
| Successor3: | Division abolished |
| Birth Date: | 17 December 1885 |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Party: | Nationalist Party (1918–31) United Australia Party (1931–45) Liberal Party (1945–60) |
| Spouse: | |
| Occupation: | Engineer, soldier, orchardist, politician |
| Allegiance: | Australia |
| Serviceyears: | 1909–1942 |
| Commands: | Queenscliff-Nepean Covering Force (1942) 2nd Infantry Brigade (1940–42) 5th Battalion (1939–40) 52nd Battalion (1922–27) 48th Battalion (1921–22) No. 1 Command Depot (1916–18) 23rd Battalion (1915–16) |
| Battles: | First World War |
| Mawards: | Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration Mentioned in Despatches (2) |
Sir George Hodges Knox, (17 December 1885 – 11 July 1960) was an Australian politician, orchardist and military officer. The City of Knox is named after him.
Knox was born in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran on 17 December 1885 and educated at Scotch College, Melbourne. He was the son of William Knox, who had been a member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1897 and 1901, and the member for Kooyong in the House of Representatives. Knox began his working life as an electrical engineer. He married Kathleen Purves MacPherson in 1909. Soon after, he moved to Beaconsfield, Victoria, to establish an orchard. He joined the Citizen Military Forces in 1909 and served during the First World War, commanding the 23rd Battalion. He divorced in 1919. In 1920 he moved to Ferntree Gully, Victoria. He married Ada Victoria Harris in 1921. He was elected to the Fern Tree Gully Shire Council in 1923.
Knox won the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat for Upper Yarra in 1927 for the Nationalist Party. He became Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1942 and remained there until 1947. Between 1945 and 1960 he held the seat of Scoresby.
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