Reverend Oswald Staniforth (born George Edward Charles Staniforth; 1865–1930) was a British Franciscan friar notable for his writings on various religious subjects.
George was born in the town of Erith, Kent, to Charles Staniforth, an accountant who was born in Smyrna, Turkey as a British Subject, and Agnes Harrietta Woodbridge, born in France. By age fourteen he was attending St Augustine's College, Canterbury. He worked as a missionary during the Boer War, serving with the British Army in South Africa. He lived in various places over his life including Kent, Yorkshire, Wales and had worked as a missionary in California and Montreal.