Hugh Blair Grigeby

Background

Grigeby, Hugh Blair was born on November 22, 1806 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Review Benjamin and Elizabeth (McPherson) Grigeby.

Education

Attended Yale.

Career

Admitted to Virginia bar but started journalistic career because of his increasing deafness. Owner, editor Norfolk American Beacon for 6 years. Member Virginia House of Delegates from Norfolk, 1828-1829, 29-30.

Delegate Virginia Constitutional Convention, 1829-1830.

Board visitors College William and Mary, elected chancellor, 1871. Member, contributor to Virginia History Society, president, 1870.

Most of his life spent studying history of the United States and Virginia Author: The Virginia Convention of 1776, 1855. Discourse on the Life and Character of the Honorable Littleton Waller Tazewell, 1860.

The Founders of Washington College, 1890.

Achievements

• Hugh Blair Grigeby has been listed as a reputable lawyer, journalist, historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Virginia House of Delegates from Norfolk, 1828-1829, 29-30. Member, contributor to Virginia History Society, president, 1870.

Connections

Married Mary Venerable Carrington, November 19, 1840.

Father:

Review Benjamin Grigeby

Mother:

Elizabeth (McPherson) Grigeby

Spouse:

Mary Venerable Carrington