George Richard Schieffelin (New York City, July 27, 1836 – Manhattan, October 24, 1910) was an American lawyer.
[1][2] The couple had five children: Julia Florence, Margaret Helen, Matilda Constance, Sarah Dorothy, and George Richard Delaplaine.
[1] George Richard Schieffelin, like his father, studied law at Columbia College in Manhattan, graduating in 1855.
[1] George Richard spent three years studying under Schell in his office, before branching into his own business, becoming a well-known New York lawyer.
His parents had built the Bonnie Brae (“Pleasant Hill”) holiday home south of Southampton, which George Richard had inherited.