Background
Leonard, Daniel was born on May 18, 1740 in Norton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ephraim and Judith (Perkins) Leonard.
Leonard, Daniel was born on May 18, 1740 in Norton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ephraim and Judith (Perkins) Leonard.
Graduated from Harvard, 1760.
3 daus., 1 son, Charles. Admitted to Massachusetts bar, circa 1767. King’s attorney for Bristol County, Massachusetts, 1769-1770.
Member Massachusetts General Court, 1770-1774, a leading spokesman for royal cause. Mandamus councilor of Massachusetts, 1774. Entered British lines, 1775, served as a customs commissioner.
Published 17 articles defending royal policy (signed Massachusettensis) in Massachusetts Gazette, 1774-1775 (John Adams directed Novanglus Papers to these articles). Left Boston with British forces, 1777, went to England. Admitted to English bar.
Chief justice of Bermuda, 1782-1806.
Member Massachusetts General Court, 1770-1774, a leading spokesman for royal cause.
Married Anna White, 1767. Married second, Sarah Hammock, 1770.