George Dudley Seymour

George Dudley Seymour was born in 6 October 1859 in Bristol, Connecticut. He was the seventh child of Electa Churchill Seymour (1818-1873) and Henry Albert Seymour (1818-1897). He had seven siblings: Laura Electa Seymour (1846-1921); Henry Albert (1847-1921); Mary Harriet (Mrs. Miles Lewis Peck) (1849-1926); Lilla Wells (1852-1854); John Churchill (b. 5 June 1853, died same day); Grace Ella (Mrs. William Shurtleff Ingraham) (1856-1925); and Helen Wells (1864-1866).

George Dudley Seymour graduated from Hartford Public High School, Hartford, Connecticut in 1878. He studied at George Washington University in Washington, receiving his LL.B. (1880), LL.M. (1881), and L.H.D. (1921) from there. From 1883 until his death, George Dudley Seymour practiced law, mostly patent law, in New Haven, Connecticut. He was a senior partner in the firm Seymour, Earle, and Nichols.

George Dudley Seymour was interested in city planning; he served on the New Haven Commission on City Plan for many years, and was Secretary from 1913-1924. He was a member of the New Haven Zoning Commission; Chairman of the State Commission on Sculpture; a corresponding member of the American Institute of Arts; a Vice-President of the American Federation of Arts; Chairman of the Committee on medals of the State Tercentenary Commission; and a Vice-President of the Connecticut Historical Society. George Dudley Seymour died at his home in New Haven, Connecticut, on 21 January 1945.