Ralph Wormeley V | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Middlesex County | |
| In office June 30, 1788 – October 17, 1791 Serving with Francis Corbin | |
| Preceded by | Overton Corby |
| Succeeded by | Overton Corby |
| Member of the Governor's Advisory Council of the Colony of Virginia | |
| In office 1771–1775 Serving with Robert Burwell, William Byrd III, John Camm, Robert Carter III, Richard Corbin, George William Fairfax, Philip Ludwell Lee, Thomas Nelson Jr., William Nelson, John Page, John Tayloe | |
| Preceded by | James Horrocks |
| Succeeded by | position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1745 Rosegill plantation |
| Died | January 19, 1806 Rosegill plantation, Middlesex County, Virginia |
| Nationality | British, American |
| Spouse | Eleanor Tayloe |
| Relations | Ralph Wormeley Sr. Ralph Wormeley Jr.(great-grandfather) Ralph Wormeley IV(father) |
| Alma mater | Eton Trinity Hall, Cambridge University |
| Occupation | planter, politician |
Ralph Wormeley (April 1745-January 19, 1806) was a Virginia planter who served as a member of the Governor's Advisory Council (1771-1775), was suspected of being a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War, and after the conflict represented Middlesex County, Virginia in the Virginia House of Delegates (1788-1791) as well as at the Virginia Ratifying Convention of 1788, where he voted in favor of ratification of the federal Constitution.[1][2][3]
- ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915) pp. 164-165
- ^ "The Wormeley Family (concluded)", 37 Va Mag.H&B (Jan. 1929) pp. 82-86
- ^ Grigsby, Hugh Blair (1890). Brock, R.A. (ed.). The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788 With Some Account of the Eminent Virginians of that Era who were Members of the Body. Richmond, Virginia: Collections of the Virginia Historical Society. New Series. Volume IX in two volumes. OCLC 41680515. At Google Books. (Also DaCapo Press single-volume edition of 1969)