William houstoun biography
William houstoun biography
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William Houstoun (lawyer)
American Founding Father and politician
William Houstoun (HOW-stən; also spelled Houston; c. 1755 – March 17, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States, statesman, and lawyer.
He served the Province of Georgia as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later the State of Georgia to the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787.[1]
Early and personal life
William Houstoun was born in Savannah, Georgia, the son of Sir Patrick Houstoun, 5th Baronet of Houstoun (c. 1697–1762) and member of the council under the royal government of Georgia.
Houstoun received a liberal education, which included legal training at Inner Temple in London.
Houstoun married Mary Bayard (born 1766), the daughter of Nicholas Bayard,[2] a member of the prominent Bayard family of New York City, from which Bayard Street takes its name.[3]
Role in the Continental Congress
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