Pinckney (surname)
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Pinckney is a surname
, and may refer to:
Pinckney political family of South Carolina
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
, and may refer to:
Pinckney political family of South Carolina
- Charles Pinckney (South Carolina chief justice)Charles Pinckney (South Carolina chief justice)Charles Pinckney was a noted South Carolina politician and colonial agent.Pinckney was long prominent in colonial affairs, serving as attorney general of the Province of South Carolina in 1733, speaker of the assembly in 1736, 1738 and 1740, chief justice of the province in 1752–1753, and...
(died 1758), South Carolina politician, father of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Thomas Pinckney, and uncle of Colonel Charles Pinckney - Colonel Charles PinckneyColonel Charles PinckneyColonel 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...
(1731–1782), South Carolina politician, British Loyalist during Revolutionary War, father of the Governor Charles Pinckney - Charles Cotesworth PinckneyCharles Cotesworth PinckneyCharles 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...
(1746–1825), Revolutionary War general and vice presidential candidate - Charles Pinckney (governor)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), drafter of the United States Constitution, father of Henry Laurens Pickney, and second cousin of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney - Eliza LucasEliza LucasEliza 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...
Pinckney, South Carolina planter - Thomas PinckneyThomas PinckneyThomas 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:...
(1750–1828), South Carolina governor, ambassador to Britain, diplomat who arranged Pinckney's TreatyPinckney's TreatyPinckney'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... - Henry L. PinckneyHenry L. PinckneyHenry Laurens Pinckney was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, and the son of Charles Pinckney....
, U.S. Representative from South Carolina
Others
- Darryl PinckneyDarryl PinckneyDarryl Pinckney is an American novelist, playwright, and essayist. He grew up in a middle class African-American family in the midwest and was educated at Columbia University. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books, Granta, Slate, and The Nation...
, American author and critic - Ed PinckneyEd PinckneyEdward Lewis Pinckney is a retired NBA basketball player.- College career :A 6'9" forward, Pinckney led Villanova University to the NCAA title over the heavily favored Georgetown Hoyas in 1985...