DRAYTON, William Henry, a
Delegate from South Carolina; born at Drayton Hall, on Ashley River, S.C., in
September 1742; pursued classical studies; attended Westminister School and
Balliol College, Oxford, England; returned to South Carolina in 1764; studied
law and was admitted to the bar; visited England again in 1770 and was appointed
by King George III privy councilor for the Province of South Carolina; while on
his way home was appointed assistant judge, but took such an active part in the
pre-Revolutionary movement that he was deprived of both positions; president of
the council of safety in 1775, and in 1776 was chief justice; Member of the
Continental Congress in 1778 and served until his death in Philadelphia, Pa., on
September 3, 1779; interment in Christ Church Cemetery.- -Biographical
Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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