Background
PRENTIS, Robert Riddick was born on May 24, 1855 in Albemarle Company, Virginia. Son of Robert Riddick and Margaret Ann (Whitehead) Prentis.
PRENTIS, Robert Riddick was born on May 24, 1855 in Albemarle Company, Virginia. Son of Robert Riddick and Margaret Ann (Whitehead) Prentis.
University of Virginia., Bachelor of Laws, 1876; Coll, of Wm. and Mary, Doctor of Laws, 1925
Practiced at Charlottesville, Virginia, 1876-1879, Norfolk, January-November 1879, Suffolk, 1879-1895. Mayor of Suffolk, 1883-1885. Judge of Virginia Circuit Court, Norfolk Circuit, 1895-1907 (resigned).
Chairman State Corporation Commission, 1907-1916 (resigned). Justice of Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, November 16, since 1916, chief justice, March 10, since 1925.
Episcopal Church.
Member Democratic State Committee, 1887-1892. Member Virginia Tax Commission, 1910. Member State Advisory Board on Taxation, 1916.
Member Virginia War History Commission, since 1919.
Spouse Mary Allen Darden, January 6, 1887, Suffolk, Virginia.