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Robert R. Livingston was born in August 1718 at Clermont Manor in what was then the Province of New York, a part of British America. [4] He was the only child of Robert Livingston (1688–1775), known as "Robert of Clermont " and Margaret Howarden (1693–1758). [5] His mother was the daughter of a wealthy English merchant in New York and ...
Mar 22, 2024 · Robert R. Livingston was an early American leader who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress, first secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs (1781–83), and minister to France (1801–04). Born into a wealthy and influential New York family, Livingston was admitted to the bar in 1770.
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Aug 11, 2023 · Robert R. Livingston. August 1718–December 9, 1775 — Referred to as "The Judge". Robert R. Livingston, "The Judge," was a politician and judge from New York. He participated in the Stamp Act Congress in 1765. Judge Robert R. Livingston was a prominent merchant and politician from New York. He was a member of the Stamp Act Congress, and his ...
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Livingston was the eldest son of Judge Robert Livingston (1718–1775) and Margaret (née Beekman) Livingston, uniting two wealthy Hudson River Valley families. He had three brothers and five sisters, all of whom wed and made their homes on the Hudson River near the family seat at Clermont Manor.
Robert R. Livingston (1718–1775), who married Margaret Beekman, daughter of Henry Beekman and Janet Livingston. Margaret died in December 1758 and was interred in a burial vault constructed 200 yards north of the Livingston family home at Clermont. Livingston died on June 27, 1775, at the age of 87 and was buried with his wife in the family ...
- June 27, 1775 (aged 86), Clermont Manor
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Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1763-1775. Robert R. Livingston was born in New York City in August 1718. He studied law, was admitted to practice, and became a prominent member of the Bar. He was appointed a judge of the Court of Admiralty in 1760, and was commissioned as Fourth Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature ...
Mar 22, 2024 · Robert Livingston (born Dec. 13, 1654, Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scot.—died Oct. 1, 1728, Clermont, N.Y. [U.S.]) was an early American landowner, politician, and merchant who founded the prominent Livingston family of New York state and laid the basis of his family’s material fortune. Livingston was the son of a Scottish Presbyterian minister ...
