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Bulloch, Archibald Stobo (1730–1777), planter and revolutionary politician in America, was born in Charles Town, South Carolina, the son of James Bulloch (1701–1780) clergyman and planter, and Jean Stobo. Archibald studied law and was admitted to the bar before 1758, when he moved to ...

Carroll, Charles [called the Barrister] (1723–1783), planter and revolutionary politician in America, was born on 22 March 1723, at King George Street, Annapolis, Maryland, the eldest of three children of Charles Carroll (1691–1755), physician and ironmaster, and his first wife, Dorothy Blake...

Carter, Robert [called King Carter] (1663–1732), planter and politician in America, was born in Lancaster county in the Northern Neck of colonial Virginia. He was the son of Colonel John Carter (d. 1669), 'the emigrant', a prosperous planter, and his fourth wife, ...

Coode, John (c. 1648–1709), planter and politician in America, was born in Penryn, Cornwall, the second of three sons of John Coode (1622–1713), lawyer, and his wife, Grace (d. 1694), daughter of Thomas Robins of Glasney College. Coode briefly attended Exeter College, Oxford...

Harrison, Benjamin (c. 1726–1791), planter and revolutionary politician in America, was probably born at Berkeley, the family residence, in Charles City county, Virginia, the oldest surviving son of Benjamin Harrison (1701–1744/5), a prosperous planter, and Anne Carter (b. c.1699), the daughter of ...

Hooper, Henry (c. 1687–1767), planter, lawyer, and politician in America, was born in Dorchester county, Maryland, the son of Henry Hooper (c.1643–1720), planter and politician, and his second wife, Mary (1663–1740), daughter of Roger Woolford. A third-generation Marylander, Hooper was a member of a prominent eastern shore family and a man of considerable influence. While little is known about his early life and formal education, he was a practising member of the ...

Jones, Noble (1702–1775), colonial politician and planter, was born in Lambeth, Surrey; details of his parents and education are unknown. By 1722 he had married Sarah Hack (c.1703–c.1752), with whom he had two sons and a daughter. A close friend of ...

Lee, Richard Henry (1733–1794), revolutionary politician and planter in America, was born on 20 January 1733 in Westmoreland county, Virginia, the fourth of eight surviving children of Thomas Lee (1690–1750) and Hannah (1701–1750), daughter of Philip Ludwell of Green Spring, Virginia, and his wife, ...

Lloyd, Edward (1671–1719), planter and politician in America, was born on 7 February 1671 at Wye House, Talbot county, Maryland, the eldest of the three sons and seven daughters of Colonel Philemon Lloyd (1645/6–1685), planter, merchant, and politician, and his wife, Henrietta Maria (1647–1697)...

Lloyd, Edward (1711–1770), planter and politician in America, was born on 8 May 1711 at Wye House, Talbot county, Maryland, the third child of Edward Lloyd (1671–1719), planter, merchant, and politician, and his wife, Sarah (1683–1755), daughter of Nehemiah Covington and Rebecca Denwood...

Middleton, Arthur (1681–1737), planter and politician in America, was born in Charles Town, South Carolina, the son of Edward Middleton, planter, and his wife, Sarah Fowell. His father had emigrated from England to Carolina in 1678 and founded the Middleton dynasty of wealthy planter–politicians whose influence has been felt in every era of ...

Pinckney, Charles (1757–1824), planter and politician in the United States of America, was born in Charles Town, South Carolina, on 26 October 1757, the son of Charles Pinckney (1732–1782), a prominent planter and politician, and Frances Brewton (1733–1795). Educated in Charles Town, from 1773 ...

Pinckney, Charles (1699–1758), politician and planter in America, was born on 13 August 1699 in Charles Town, South Carolina, the second of three sons born to Thomas Pinckney (1666–1705), merchant, and his second wife, Mary Cotesworth. Both his parents were originally from co. Durham...

Randolph, Peyton (1721/2–1775), planter and revolutionary politician in America, was probably born in Williamsburg, Virginia, the second of the three sons and one of the four children of Sir John Randolph (1693–1737), planter and speaker of the Virginia house of burgesses in 1734 and 1736, and ...

Robinson, John (1705–1766), planter and politician in America, was born on 3 February 1705 at Hewick in Middlesex county, Virginia, the third of eight children of John Robinson (1680–1749) and his first wife, Katherine Beverley (b. 1686?). Both his father and his ...

Rutledge, Edward (1749–1800), planter and revolutionary politician in America, was born on 23 November 1749 in Charles Town, South Carolina, the seventh and youngest child of the Irish immigrant John Rutledge (d. 1750) and his wife, Sarah Hext (1724–1792). His father, a physician and planter, died when ...