Background
Whittle, Stafford Gorman was born on December 5, 1849 in Woodstock, Virginia, United States. Son of Commodore William Conway W. (United States Navy and C.S.N.) and Elizabeth Beverley (Sinclair) W.
Whittle, Stafford Gorman was born on December 5, 1849 in Woodstock, Virginia, United States. Son of Commodore William Conway W. (United States Navy and C.S.N.) and Elizabeth Beverley (Sinclair) W.
Educated Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) and University of Virginia, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1919.
The following year, 1868, he studied law at the University of Virginia. In 1871, he was admitted to the bar and began practice in Martinsville, Virginia. Ten years later, February 1, 1881, he was appointed judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit.
He served there until March 1882, when he was defeated by the Readjuster Party.
In 1885, however, he was elected for the full term and served until he was elected to the Supreme Court of Appeals in 1901. He became president of the court in 1917 and continued so until 1919 when he resigned.
Married Ruth Drewry, November 4, 1880 (deceased). Children: Stafford Gorman, Henry Drewry, Flora Redd, Mistress Elizabeth Sinclair Johnston, Mistress Ruth Drewry Hubbard, Conway McNiece (deceased), Kennon Caithness, William Murray, Beverley Kennon, Arthur Sinclair (deceased), Randolph Gordon.