Charles Pinckney was a noted South Carolina

South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

 politician

Politician

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 and colonial agent.

Pinckney was long prominent in colonial affairs, serving as attorney general

Attorney General

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 of the Province of South Carolina

Province of South Carolina

The South Carolina Colony, or Province of South Carolina, was originally part of the Province of Carolina, which was chartered in 1663. The colony later became the U.S. state of South Carolina....

 in 1733, speaker of the assembly in 1736, 1738 and 1740, chief justice of the province in 1752–1753, and agent for South Carolina in England

England

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 in 1753–1758.

Pinckney married Eliza Lucas

Eliza Lucas

Eliza Lucas Pinckney changed agriculture in colonial South Carolina, where she developed indigo as one of its most important cash crops. Its cultivation and processing as dye produced one-third the total value of the colony's exports before the Revolutionary War. Manager of three plantations at...

 as his second wife in 1744. Three of their children lived to adulthood: Charles Cotesworth

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Charles Cotesworth “C. C.” Pinckney , was an early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He was twice nominated by the Federalist Party as their presidential candidate, but he did not win either election.-Early life and...

, a signer of the U.S. Constitution; Harriott, who married Daniel Horry; and Thomas

Thomas Pinckney

Thomas Pinckney was an early American statesman, diplomat and veteran of both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.-Early life in the military:...

, who negotiated Pinckney's Treaty

Pinckney's Treaty

Pinckney's Treaty, also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo or the Treaty of Madrid, was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. It also defined the boundaries of the United States with the Spanish...

 with Spain

Spain

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 in 1795. Charles Pinckney was the uncle of Colonel Charles Pinckney

Colonel Charles Pinckney

Colonel Charles Pinckney was a prominent South Carolina lawyer and planter, and the father of Governor Charles Pinckney.He married Frances Brewton, Colonel Charles Pinckney (March 7, 1732 - September 22, 1782) was a prominent South Carolina lawyer and planter, and the father of Governor Charles...

 (1731–1784) and the great-uncle of Governor Charles Pinckney

Charles Pinckney (governor)

Charles Pinckney was an American politician who was a signer of the United States Constitution, the 37th Governor of South Carolina, a Senator and a member of the House of Representatives...

(1757–1824).

This has been adapted from a 1911 encyclopedia.