George Richard Schieffelin

George Richard Schieffelin (July 27, 1836 – October 24, 1910) was an American lawyer.

Early life George Richard Schieffelin was born in New York City, the first son of Richard Lawrence Schieffelin and Margaret Helen McKay Schieffelin.

Personal life George Richard Schieffelin married Julie Matilda Delaplaine (1840–1915) in 1866.

The couple had five children: Julia Florence, Margaret Helen, Matilda Constance, Sarah Dorothy, and George Richard Delaplaine. Two of their daughters married the Ismay brothers from England.

Julia Florence Schieffelin (1867–1963) married Joseph Bruce Ismay (1862–1937) from Liverpool, England, in 1888. Sarah Dorothy Schieffelin (1875-1945) Matilda Constance Schieffelin (1877–1963) married Charles Bower Ismay. George Richard Delaplaine Schieffelin (1884–1950) married Louise Scribner, daughter of Charles Scribner II.

Career George Richard Schieffelin, like his father, studied law at Columbia College in Manhattan, graduating in 1855. One of his teachers was Augustus Schell. President of the Southampton Club. Vestryman and treasurer of St. Andrew's Dune Church, Southampton Legal adviser for the New York City Mission Society

Bonnie Brae in Southampton, NY In 1880, George Richard Schieffelin became one of the founders of the New Southampton, Long Island holiday resort. His parents had built the Bonnie Brae ("Pleasant Hill") holiday home south of Southampton, which George Richard had inherited. George Richard was president of the Village Improvement Association of Southampton (VIAS), which was responsible for the development and maintenance of the holiday village.