Goldsborough, Robert, 1733-1788

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<p>Robert Goldsborough (December 3, 1733 – December 22, 1788) was an American lawyer and statesman from Maryland. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress.</p>

<p>Robert Goldsborough was the son of Elizabeth (née Ennalls) and Charles Goldsborough. and was born on the family estate (Horns Point) at Cambridge in Dorchester County, Province of Maryland on December 3, 1733. His father owned over 10,000 acres (40 km²) of land, and became a member of the Governor's Council in 1760. As a young man Robert travelled to London to study law at the Middle Temple and graduated in December 1752, where he was admitted to the bar in February 1757. He remained there practicing law as a Barrister until 1759 when he returned to America. He attended the Philadelphia College (now the University of Pennsylvania), and graduated in 1760 before resuming the practice of law in Cambridge, Maryland.</p>

<p>Goldsborough married Sarah Yerbury on March 27, 1755 in England. He had eleven children: Charles, Charles, John, Robert, William, Richard, Howes, Rebecca, Sarah, Elizabeth and Rachel. His son, Robert Henry Goldsborough, would also become a senator in Maryland.</p>

GOLDSBOROUGH, Robert, (Great-great-great-grandfather of Thomas Alan Goldsborough), a Delegate from Maryland; born at ``Horns Point,'' Dorchester County, Md., December 3, 1733; pursued an academic course; studied law at the Inner Temple, London, England; was admitted to the bar in 1754 and commenced practice in London; barrister of the Inner Temple, London, 1755-1759; returned to the colonies and was graduated from the Philadelphia College (now the University of Pennsylvania) in 1760; continued the practice of law at Cambridge, Md.; high sheriff of Dorchester County 1761-1765; burgess to the Maryland assembly in 1765; attorney general of Maryland in 1766; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1776; member of the council of safety in 1775 and of the convention of the Province of Maryland, August 14, 1776, called to frame a constitution; member of the State senate in 1777; retired to his estate near Cambridge, Md. where he died on December 22, 1788; interment in Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Md.