Charles Pinckney | |
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| Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court | |
| In office 1752–1753 | |
| Preceded by | James Graeme |
| Succeeded by | Peter Leigh |
| Attorney General of South Carolina | |
| In office 1732–1733 | |
| Preceded by | James Abercrombie |
| Succeeded by | James Abercrombie |
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| Born | (1699-08-13)August 13, 1699 |
| Died | July 12, 1758(1758-07-12) (aged 58) |
| Spouse | Eliza Lucas |
| Children | 4 |
Charles Pinckney (August 13, 1699 – July 12, 1758) was aSouth Carolinapolitician and colonial agent. He was also the father of two candidates for Vice-President and President.
Pinckney was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1699.[1]
Pinckney studied law in England, and had become a politically active leader in the colony. He was South Carolina's first native-born attorney, and served as advocate general of theCourt of Vice-Admiralty, justice of the peace forBerkeley County, and attorney general. He was elected as a member of theCommons House of Assembly and Speaker of that body intermittently from 1736–1740, and he was a member of theRoyal Provincial Council.[2]
Pinckney also served asattorney general of theProvince of South Carolina in 1733, speaker of the assembly in 1736, 1738 and 1740, chief justice of the province in 1752–1753, and agent for South Carolina inEngland in 1753–1758.[2]
In 1744, Pinckney married, as his second wife,Eliza Lucas (1722–1793), the daughter of Lt. Colonel George Lucas, ofDalzell's Regiment of Foot in theBritish Army.[3] They were the parents of four children, three of whom lived to adulthood:[4]
He was the uncle ofColonel Charles Pinckney (1731–1784) and the great-uncle ofGovernor Charles Pinckney (1757–1824).[5]
Pinckney died on July 12, 1758 inMount Pleasant, South Carolina.
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