Richard Beresford

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Richard Beresford (born 1755 in Charleston , Province of South Carolina , † February 6, 1803 in Charleston, South Carolina ) was an American lawyer , officer in the Continental Army and politician of the Province of South Carolina.

Career

Richard Beresford's date of birth is unknown. He was baptized on June 3, 1755 in St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish , Berkeley County, South Carolina. Beresford grew up in a wealthy family. He was sent to England where he studied law at Middle Temple in London . Beresford graduated in 1773 and then returned to South Carolina where he began practicing as a lawyer. In addition, he was also a plantation owner . He owned extensive estates in Berkeley and Colleton Counties, South Carolina, and England.

Beresford fought in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War . He served under Brigadier General Huger in the Georgia campaign of 1778. He then served as Brigadier General Moultrie 's aide-de-camp . At that time he held the rank of captain . After the fall of Charleston in May 1780, he became a prisoner of war and was imprisoned in St. Augustine ( Florida ) until his exchange in 1781 . One of his fellow prisoners was Christopher Gadsden , then Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina.

On her return to South Carolina Beresford was in 1781 by the local St. Philips and St. Michael in the South Carolina House of Representatives voted. On January 30, 1782, the South Carolina General Assembly elected him for a two-year term in the State Council ( Privy Council ). He was elected Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in January 1783. As a result, he resigned from his MP. Beresford held the post of lieutenant governor from February 4, 1783 until his resignation on March 15, 1783. At this point he was elected to the Continental Congress to fill the vacancy of John Lewis Gervais . Beresford worked there as a delegate from May 30, 1783 to June 3, 1784. Then he retired from the political stage and resumed his work on his plantation. In addition, he was also active in literature. He published Vigil in Charleston in 1798 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The American Revolution in South Carolina

Web links

  • Richard Beresford in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Beresford, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, Continental Army officer, and Province of South Carolina politician
DATE OF BIRTH baptized June 3, 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH near Charleston , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1803
Place of death Charleston, South Carolina