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William Preston

American politician 1729-1783

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Colonel William Preston was an Irish-born American military officer, planter and politician who founded a political dynasty. After service in the French and Indian War, Preston served five years in the House of Burgesses before becoming one of the fifteen signatories of the Fincastle Resolutions, then a colonel in the Virginia militia during the American Revolutionary War. His descendants became leaders in the American South for nearly a century and played crucial roles in developing the Southern Colonies under plantations operating using slaves. Preston also supported education, as would his descendants. He was a founding trustee of Liberty Hall when it was transformed into a college in 1776. His son, Virginia governor James Patton Preston, helped charter the University of Virginia roughly five decades later. His grandson, Congressman William Ballard Preston founded Olin and Preston Institute, which was in financial difficulties by 1872, when another grandson, former CSA Col. James Preston, sold three plantations, to the Commonwealth of Virginia to become the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, which is now the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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Occupation: politician
Position held: member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Citizenship: United States
Born: December 25, 1729
Died: June 28, 1783

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