George Seton (Perth, Scotland, 25 June 1822-Edinburgh, Scotland, 14 November 1908) was a Scottish philanthropist and genealogist.
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Seton's father was a merchant in the East India Company. Seton was educated at Edinburgh High School, the University of Edinburgh, and Exeter College, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1845.
Although called to the Scottish bar in 1846, Seton never practiced as a lawyer. Instead, he filled various public offices, as secretary to the Registrar-general for Scotland (from 1854) and Superintendent of the civil service examinations in Scotland (from 1862).
Seton was one of the founders of the St Andrews Boat Club, the first vice-chairman of the Society for Improving the Condition of the Poor, a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. However, his real love was genealogy, and in 1863 he published The Law and Practice of Heraldry in Scotland.
Over 6 feet 5 inches (1 meter 95) in height, Seton served in the Royal Company of Archers and in 1859 raised his own company of volunteer grenadier artillerymen, all of whom were over 6 feet tall.