George Lusk

George Akin Lusk (1839–1919) was a builder and decorator who specialised in music hall restoration, and was the Chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee during the 'Whitechapel Murders' of Jack the Ripper in 1888.

Lusk was the son of Margaret Elizabeth (née Murray) (born 1807) and John Arthur Lusk (born 1803), a solicitor's clerk. In January 1863 he married Susannah Price (1843–5 February 1888) in Stepney. They had seven children: Albert Arthur Lusk (1863-1930); Walter Leopold Lusk (1865-1923); George Alfred Lusk (1870-1918); Edith Rose Lusk (1872-?); Maud Florence B. Lusk (1875-1967); Selina Grace Lusk (1877-?), and Lilian Violet Lusk (1881-1962).

Lusk was a Freemason, having been initiated into the Doric Lodge on 14 April 1882, but he was excluded from his membership of the Lodge in 1889 for non-payment of dues. He was also the Churchwarden of his local church.

Lusk was elected Chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee by other local businessmen who made up the Committee on 10 September 1888. His name was printed on the numerous posters pasted up around Whitechapel appealing for information during the murders. He and the Committee's Treasurer, Joseph Aarons, wrote a letter to The Daily Telegraph, addressed to the then Home Secretary Henry Matthews, stating that the offer of a substantial reward from the government would "convince the poor and humble residents of our East-end that the government authorities are as much anxious to avenge the blood of these unfortunate women as they were the assassination of Lord Cavendish and Mr Burke."

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