Dudley Digges (patriot)

Dudley Digges
Member of the House of Burgesses for York County, Colony of Virginia
In office
1752-1776
Preceded byEdward Digges
Succeeded byposition abolished
Personal details
Born1728
E.D. plantation, York County, Virginia, Colony of Virginia
DiedJune 3, 1790
Yorktown, Virginia
Spouse(s)Martha Armistead
Elizabeth Wormeley
Parent(s)Cole Digges (burgess), Elizabeth Power
EducationCollege of William & Mary
Occupationattorney, planter, politician

Dudley Digges (1728-June 3, 1790) (or before 1736-Mary 3, 1790)[1] was a Virginia attorney, planter, military officer and politician who served in the House of Burgesses (1752-1776) and all the Virginia Revolutionary conventions representing York County. Possibly the most famous of three related men of the same name who served in the Virginia legislature during the 18th century, this man was the third son of Yorktown merchant Cole Digges who served in both houses of the Virginia legislature.[2]

  1. ^ John Frederick Dorman, Adventures of Purse and Person: Virginia: 1607-1624/5 (4th Ed.), Vol. 1 p. 843
  2. ^ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. II. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 9.