Paul Dudley (jurist)
Paul Dudley | |
|---|---|
Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature | |
| In office 1718–1745 | |
| Appointed by | Samuel Shute |
| Preceded by | Samuel Sewall |
| Succeeded by | Nathaniel Hubbard |
| 1st Attorney General of Massachusetts | |
| In office 1702–1718 | |
| Governor | Joseph Dudley William Tailer Samuel Shute |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | John Valentine |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 3, 1675 Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| Died | January 25, 1751 (aged 75) Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| Education | Harvard University |
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Paul Dudley
Attorney-General of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, was the son of colonial governor Joseph Dudley and grandson of one of the colony's founders, Thomas Dudley.[1]
Dudley was born in
Superior Court of Judicature, from 1718 to 1745, and chief justice
from 1745 until his death in January 1751.
He was a member of the
Transactions he contributed several valuable papers on the natural history of New England, as well as the founder of the Dudleian lectures on religion at Harvard University. Dudley was an investor in the Equivalent Lands.[2] Along with his brother, William, he was the first proprietor and namesake of Dudley, Massachusetts. In 1705, Dudley was recorded as owning an enslaved boy, and he acquired another slave in 1745 named Guinea.[3]
Dudley died in Roxbury, and is buried in the Eliot Burying Ground next to his father and grandfather.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dudley, Thomas". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 637.
