The Washington herald., 1907-04-14
GENEALOGICAL DESCENT OF THE
IioN. HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER.
PRESIDENT or THE JAMES
TOWN EXPOSTVEoN

49, asf+Ntth SAs GEukNE TICKER
PRESIDENT or THE JAMES
TOWN EXPOSITION.
II. George Tucker, son of Henry
Tucker and his wife Anne Butterfeld
was horn in Port Royal, Bermuda. june
% l652, came to America about 1870.
and died in Warminster, Nelson County,
Va November 10, 1928. lie was grad
u4ted from William and Mary College.
Va, IN lI.2 finished a course in law.
ana began practice in the colonial
courts In June. l775, he returned 10
Bermuda, but came again to Virginia
In January l737, and took up arms in
defense OF the colonies, serving as lieu
tenant colonel at the siege of York
town. After the war he resumed the
practice of law, became judge of the
General Court Of Virginia in 1897. and
In 1859 professor of law in William
and Mary College. In 1894 he was APP
pointed president-judge of the Virginia
Court OF Appeals, and in 1913 Judge of
the United States District Court of Vir-
ginla. He was a member Of the An
napoIs convention of 1856 that recon-
mended the convention by which the
Constitution was formed He was a
poet OF no mean order. and left dramas
both tragedy and comedy-and sew
efal minor poems one of which, en-
titled Resignation" was highly praised
by John Adams. His volume OF satfres
IS Weu known, as are also his writ
insS on legal, social, and political
themes. all of which. united with his
legal attainments. have placed his name
Jurists and authors The degree of
Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him
by William and Mary College in 1880
He married, first, September %. l7TS.
Frances Bland daughter OF Col. Theo-
dorlc Bland of "CaWsOn'S" Prince
George County, Va, and his wife. Fran
ces Bolling). who was born September
"A, l392, and died January Is, 17SS She
was the widow Of John Randolph. of
Mattoax. Chesterfield County, Va,
whom she had married March g. 1863
and who died October IS. 1775; aud who
was, therefore, the mother of John RAN
dolph. of Roanoke. who was born June
., lI53 st. George Tucker married.
secondly October s, 1871, Leila skip
with, widow OF George Carter of Ian
caster County, Va. Ca descendant of
King Carter of COrotoman). and daugh-
ter of Sir Peyton Skipwith baronet-
, and his wife. Anne Miller. A likeness
of St. George Tucker was engraved by !
St. Memin in-1S0S, and a portrait in oil
of Frances Bland, the mother Of all his
children, now hangs in the residence OF
his greats grandson, the Hon Henry |
81 George Tucker in Norfolk, Va. She
has been described as a highly accom- /
plished woman. as beautiful I'm person /
as she was amiable i'm disposition. and
withal a woman Of great piety. Their /
son
Henry st. George Tucker, was born in
W1iliamsbursh, Va, December 20 1880. !
and died in Winchester. August 2S.
1S4S. He was educated in William and
Mary College. and became a lawyer.
settling in Winchester, Va. in 1902 He
was a volunteer officer in the war of
1872, served as member of the United
States House Of Representatives from
1915 until 1919, and in the Virginia SEN
ate from 1913 until 1923. He was an
pointed chancellor of the State in 1924.
and served until 1891 when he was
made president-judge of the Virginia
Court of Appeals, which he resigned
IN 1881 upon his election as professor
of law at the University of Virginia. a /
position which he retained until 1876.
when, on account of in health he re- |
tired. He was rendered the Attorney [
Generalship OF the United States bv /
Andrew Jackson, but declined. While
he was chancellor Of the State he es- I
tablished successful private law
school in Winchester. The degree Of /
Doctor OF Laws was conferred upon him 1
I'm 1887 by William and Mary College. /
His Commentaries on the Law Of N-ir- /
gtHia' 1.-TWO volumes, 1S36-3T, Lee |
lures on Constitutional Law" GS43}. !
and Lectures on Natural Law and
Government GS4D, are widely known /
and bear witness 10 the profound legal !
attalnmeEts of one of the brightest I
ornaments of the Virginia bar-His /
brother Nathaniel Beverley Tucker /
tlIH4-lS5l), was also highly learned in /
both law and literature He was grad /
uated from William and Mary College in /
1901, studied law, and practiced in Vir- /
gtnid until 1915, when he moved TO /
Missouri where he was a Judge in the
Circuit Court until 1880. Returning TO /
Virginia, he was elected, in 1884, pro !
fessor OF law in William and Mary Col /
lege, position which he filled with /.
exceptional ability until his death AS
a writer he eNeelled all of his Virginia /
contemporaries. Among his works are 4
the following. THE Partisan Leader. /
a Tale Of the Future" q vols, 1880; /
George Balcombe," a novel QSS6); |
"DiscCurse on the Importance of the
Study of Political Science as a Branch
Of Academic Education in the United
States tS40); Discourse on the Dan
gers that Threaten the Free Institu-
tiOns of the United States QS4D;I
Lectures Intended to Prepare the Stu
dent for the study of the Constitution
Of the United States QS40: and ''Prin-
ciples Of Pleading IS46). He left an
unfinished life of his haIf-brother. John
Randolph, of Roanoke He wrote a
large number of political and miscel-
laneous essays, and was a FREQUENT
contributor to the Southern Literary
Messenger of Richmond. Va. and 70 /
the Southern Quarterly Review. lie
also maintained an extensive corre-
spondence with scholars and politicians /
and the influence OF his mind was felt
by al such with whom he came I'm con
tact.-HenFy St. George Tucker mar
ried Ann Evclina Hunter, daughter of
Moses Hunter and his wife, Ann
stephen. daughter of Gen Adam
stephen. and widow of Capt Alexander
SpottswoOd. One Of their thirteen chill
dren--
John Randolph Tucker. was born in
Winchester. Va, December -, 1923. and
died February 13. 1891 lie received
his early education at a private school
near his home, entered Richmond Acad-
ony, was graduated I'm law from the
of Virginia I'm 1874 was ad-
mitted Go the bar in 1915 and began
the practice of his profession in Win
chester lie was Il Presidential elector
on the Democratic ticket In 1852 and
1856 was elected attorney general OF
Virginia in MAY 1857 to nh an uuex-
pired term. and was reelected I'm 1883 /
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