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GRIMKE, JOHN FAUCHERAUD, son of John Paul Grimké, Charleston, South Carolina, North America, and Mary, dau. of Gideon Faucheraud; b. 16 Dec 1752; adm. 31 Jul 1765; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Jul 1769, fellow commoner 12 Jan 1770, matr. Easter1770; BA 1774; adm. Middle Temple 7 Jan 1769; one of the thirty Americans in London who signed a petition against the Boston Port Bill Mar 1774; returned to America on outbreak of American War of Independence; Capt., South Carolina Continental Artillery; fought a duel with Henry Laurens, father of Henry Laurens (qv) Oct 1775; raised a company of cavalry in Charleston, and was attached to Lafayette’s brigade; Judge of Supreme Court, South Carolina, from 1783; member, House of Representatives, South Carolina, Speaker 1785-6; LLD Princeton 1789; m. 12 Oct 1784 Mary, dau. of Thomas Smith, Charleston; d. 9 Aug 1819.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.