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Peter Manigault

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Peter Manigault

Birth
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Death
12 Nov 1773 (aged 42)
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Burial
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Speaker of the South Carolina House of Assembly on three occasions.
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An immigrant from a wealthy French Huguenot family. Colonial Tax Rolls show him to be the wealthiest man in British North America in 1770. He studied law at London's Inner Temple and was called to the British Bar in 1752. He returned to America in 1754, practised law and was a highly successful merchant and banker. He personally managed his several plantations and many slaves.
Contributor: Anna Jaech (47861515)
Speaker of the South Carolina House of Assembly on three occasions.
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An immigrant from a wealthy French Huguenot family. Colonial Tax Rolls show him to be the wealthiest man in British North America in 1770. He studied law at London's Inner Temple and was called to the British Bar in 1752. He returned to America in 1754, practised law and was a highly successful merchant and banker. He personally managed his several plantations and many slaves.
Contributor: Anna Jaech (47861515)


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  • Created by: Saratoga
  • Added: Feb 5, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33564490/peter-manigault: accessed ), memorial page for Peter Manigault (10 Oct 1731–12 Nov 1773), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33564490, citing French Protestant Huguenot Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Saratoga (contributor 46965279).