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Benjamin Waller : ウィキペディア英語版 | Benjamin Waller
Benjamin Waller (1 October 1716 – 1 May 1786) was descended from a Virginia family established in the state since the 17th century.〔(Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, New York, 1915 )〕 He was born in King William County, Virginia, the son of Col. John and Dorothy (King) Waller, and was trained as a lawyer utilizing the legal library of Sir John Randolph.〔(Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Vol. 4, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1915 )〕 Benjamin Waller was a clerk of the general court for a number of years and, in 1777, he was named presiding judge of the court of admiralty in Williamsburg, Virginia. Subsequently he served as a judge on the first Court of Appeals where he remained until 1785 when the court moved to Richmond, Virginia. He was an eminent lawyer of Colonial times and held many important offices under the crown.〔(Benjamin Waller, Colonial Williamsburg, colonialwilliamsburg.com )〕 His name is on the list of the Committee of Safety for the city of Williamsburg Dec. 1774 (Forces Archives.) He was Judge of the Court of Admiralty and in a list of the Judges of the Supreme court of Virginia 1778 (WMQ July 1898). Also: King's attorney of Gloucester (1738); Clerk of James City county (1739; 1742); clerk of "The Court of Oyer and Terminer" (1739); Clerk of the "Committees of Propositions and Grievances, and Privileges, and Elections" (1743); all under George II of Great Britain. He served on the Supreme Court of Virginia 1779-1785. As clerk of courts, it fell to Benjamin Waller to read the United States Declaration of Independence from the Williamsburg courthouse steps on July 25, 1776.〔(Courthouse, Colonial Williamsburg, colonialwilliamsburg.com )〕 Waller also served as mentor and teacher of law to George Wythe.〔(Benjamin Waller, Colonial Williamsburg )〕 His grandson, Littleton Waller Tazewell, was a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator from and governor of Virginia. Benjamin Waller's family had emigrated from Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England, the branch of a family long seated at Beaconsfield and previously at Groombridge Place, Kent, England.〔(Virginia Heraldica, William Armstrong Crozier, Published by the Genealogical Association, New York, 1908 )〕 John Waller Esquire was one of the signators to the Second Charter of Virginia in 1609.〔(Second Virginia Charter, May23, 1609, The Avalon Project, Yale Law School Library, avalon.law.yale.edu )〕 Author Alex Haley sketched out the family's English origins in his book ''Roots: The Saga of an American Family''. Williamsburg's Waller Street is named for Benjamin Waller and his family. ==References==
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