George Payne (bap.12 May 1687; 23 January 1757) was an English official of theExchequer andFreemason.

He was the son of Samuel Payne of Chester and Frances Kendrick or Kenrick.^{[note 1]} He was appointed Secretary to the Tax Office 20 July 1732, Head Secretary 8 April 1743

Payne became the second Grand Master of thePremier Grand Lodge of England in 1718. After being succeeded byJohn Desaguliers in 1719, he was again Grand Master in 1720. During this time he compiledThe Regulations of the Free-masons, which was printed in 1722 or 1723.^[1] He was deputy Master in 1725, when theDuke of Richmond was both Master of the Lodge and Grand Master.

Payne and his wife Anne Martha Batson lived in St Stephen's Court,New Palace Yard, Westminster.

Payne's brother Thomas Payne (23 December 1689 – 1744) was rector ofHolme Lacy Herefordshire for Frances Scudamore wife ofHenry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort and later the wife ofCharles FitzRoy-Scudamore. Thomas's nine recorded children included Frances Compton (later Amyand) Countess of Northampton and Catherine Seymour, wife of Lord Francis Seymour, Dean of Wells.

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