Cortlandt Skinner

Courtlandt Skinner
Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office
1772–1776
GovernorWilliam Franklin
Preceded byStephen Crane
Succeeded byJohn Hart
Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office
1765–1770
GovernorWilliam Franklin
Preceded byRobert Ogden
Succeeded byStephen Crane
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the City of Perth Amboy district
In office
1763–1775
Serving with John Johnston, John L. Johnston, John Coombs
7th New Jersey Attorney General
In office
1754–1776
GovernorJonathan Belcher, Sir Francis Bernard, Thomas Boone, Josiah Hardy, William Franklin
Preceded byJoseph Warrell
Succeeded byWilliam Paterson
Personal details
BornDecember 16, 1727
Perth Amboy, Province of New Jersey, British America
DiedMarch 15, 1799(1799-03-15) (aged 71)
Bristol, England
Resting placeSt. Augustine's Churchyard, Bristol
NationalityBritish
Spouse
Elizabeth Kearney
(after 1751)
RelationsStephanus Van Cortlandt (grandfather)
Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet (son-in-law)
Parent(s)William Skinner
Elizabeth Van Cortlandt
OccupationAttorney general, attorney, colonial militia officer

Cortlandt Skinner (December 16, 1727 – March 15, 1799) was the last Royal Attorney General of New Jersey and a brigadier general in a Loyalist force, the New Jersey Volunteers, also known as Skinner's Greens, during the American Revolutionary War.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Biographical Sketch of Brigadier General Cortland Skinner". royalprovincial.com. The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  2. ^ Lamb, Martha Joanna (1877). Embracing the period prior to the Revolution, closing in 1774. A.S. Barnes and Company. Retrieved August 28, 2017.