Randolph Churchill claimed that George was a strict father, to the extent that his children were terrified of him, and that George had remarked to the Earl of Derby: "My father was frightened of his mother, I was frightened of my father, and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me."
Randolph Churchill tuyên bố rằng George là một người cha nghiêm khắc, đến mức mà các con ông đều khiếp sợ ông, và George đã nhận xét trước mặt Edward Stanley, Bá tước Derby thứ 17: "Cha tôi khiếp sợ mẹ ông ấy, tôi khiếp sợ cha tôi, và tôi hết sức may mắn khi thấy là các con tôi khiếp sợ tôi."