Edmund Winston

The Honorable
Edmund Winston
Judge of the General Court of Virginia
In office
December 11, 1788 – February 6, 1813
Preceded byPeter Lyons
Succeeded byJohn Dabney
Member of the Virginia Senate
In office
1782–1783
Succeeded byCharles Lynch
ConstituencyBedford, Campbell, Henry, and Pittsylvania Counties
In office
1777–1781
ConstituencyBedford, Henry, and Pittsylvania Counties
In office
1776–1776
ConstituencyBedford and Pittsylvania Counties
Personal details
Born1745
Hanover County, Virginia, British America
DiedAugust 18, 1818(1818-08-18) (aged 72–73)
Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
Spouse(s)Alice Taylor (m. 1771; died 1784)
Dorothea Dandridge (m. 1802)
Children6
OccupationLawyer, politician, judge
ProfessionLaw

Edmund Winston Sr. (b. 1745 – d. August 18, 1818) was a lawyer, politician, jurist, and patriot who represented south central Virginia in the Virginia Senate (1776-1783) then became a judge of the general court of Virginia (now the Virginia Supreme Court).[1][2]

  1. ^ "DAR Genealogical Research Databases". services.dar.org. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  2. ^ Tyler, Lyon G. (1915). "Edmund Winston" in Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. 2. Lewis Historical Publishing Co. p. 362. available at hathitrust.org