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PINCKNEY, THOMAS, brother of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (qv); b. 23 Oct 1750; in school lists 1764-7; Head Town Boy; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Nov 1768; Military Academy, Caen, France; adm. Middle Temple 16 Dec 1768, called to bar 25 Nov 1774; returned to Carolina 1775 and commenced practise at bar there; Capt., 1st Regt. Carolina troops in revolutionary army on outbreak of rebellion; escaped from Charleston before its surrender; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Camden, where he acted as ADC to Gen. Gates; US Minister to England 1792; negotiated Treaty of San Ildefonso with Spain 1794; returned to USA 1796; one of American Commissioners who signed the abortive Treaty of London 31 Dec 1806; Major-Gen. commanding Southern Division 1812; took part in campaign against the Creeks, whom he defeated at Horse Shoe Bend; twice elected to Congress as Federalist; Governor of South Carolina; m. 1st, 22 Jul 1779 Elizabeth, dau. of Jacob Motte, Public Treasurer of South Carolina; m. 2nd, 19 Oct 1797 Frances, widow of John Middleton (qv), and sister of his first wife; d. 2 Nov 1828.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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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.