George has served as a Regional Director of the Explorers Club and was recently designated a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. He is a past recipient of the Governor General's Medal and in 2014 succeeded his father as the 31st Baron of Seabegs, Stirlingshire, Scotland. George was appointed by Chief Peter Noel Lamont of Clan Lamont ​ as his Canadian lieutenant in 2017. In July, 2018 he became the Clan's representative on the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs in Edinburgh. The Burdens have been a loyal branch of this clan for centuries.