Ridgely Prentiss Melvin

Background

Melvin, Ridgely Prentiss was born on November 4, 1881 in Denton, Maryland, United States. Son of George Thomas and Maria Louise (Hopkins) Melvin.

Education

St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland, Bachelor of Arts, 1899, Master of Arts, 1900. University of Maryland Law School. Bachelor of Laws, 1902.

Career

Admitted to Maryland. bar, 1903, and since engaged in general practice of law at Annapolis. City counselor of Annapolis, 1907-1915. Counsel to county commissioner of Anne Arundel County, 1910-1925.

Member County Board Education, 1922-1930. Member Judicial Council Maryland, 1922-1934. Maryland State Press Association, 1920-1926.

Member Maryland House of Delegates, 1918-1920. Member Maryland. Senate, 1930-1938. Associate judge Fifth Judicial Circuit Maryland., 1938-1942.

Chief judge Fifth Judicial Circuit and member of Court of Appeals, Maryland., since 1942.

Membership

Served as food administrator Anne Arundel County, 1918. Member legal advising committee, district governor of Rotary, 1927-1928. Member American, Maryland.

State and Anne Arundel County bar association, American Judicature Society, Phi Kappa Sigma.

• Member of Maryland State Press Association (President, 1921-1926). American Bar and Maryland State Bar Associations. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Connections

Married Augusta Somervell Burwell, October 24, 1914. Children: Augusta Burwell, Ridgely Prentiss, Mary Burwell, Elizabeth Somervell, John Burwell.

Father:

George Thomas Melvin

Mother:

Maria Louise (Hopkins) Melvin

Spouse:

Augusta Somervell Burwell

child:

Ridgely Prentiss Melvin

child:

Elizabeth Somervell Melvin

child:

Mary Burwell Melvin

child:

John Burwell Melvin

child:

Augusta Burwell Melvin