Thomson Mason
| Thomson Mason | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Thomson Mason August 14, 1733 Chopawamsic, Stafford County, Colony of Virginia |
| Died | February 26, 1785 (aged 51) Chopawamsic, Stafford County, Virginia |
| Residence |
Chopawamsic, Stafford County, Virginia Raspberry Plain, Leesburg, Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | College of William and Mary |
| Occupation | lawyer, jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, planter |
| Spouse(s) | Mary King Barnes Elizabeth Westwood Wallace |
| Children |
Stevens Thomson Mason Abram Barnes Thomson Mason John Thomson Mason Ann Thomson Mason Chichester Dorothea Anna Thomson Mason Hirst Westwood Thomson Mason William Temple Thomson Mason George Thomson Mason |
| Parent(s) |
George Mason III Ann Stevens Thomson |
| Relatives | brother of George Mason IV |
Thomson Mason (14 August 1733 – 26 February 1785) was a prominent Virginia lawyer, jurist, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Mason was a younger brother of George Mason IV, United States patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, father of Stevens Thomson Mason, a Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, a member of the Virginia state legislature, and a U.S. Senator from Virginia, and great-grandfather of Stevens T. Mason, first Governor of Michigan.
Mason was born at Chopawamsic in Stafford County, Virginia on 14 August 1733. He was the third and youngest child of George Mason III and his wife Ann Stevens Thomson.
Mason was educated at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and then studied law at the Middle Temple in London. Afterwards, he returned to Virginia and was a burgess in the House of Burgesses representing Stafford and Loudoun counties from 1766 to 1775. In 1778, Mason was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia and served only briefly before serving as one of five judges in the General Court. From 1779 to 1783, Mason was elected a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and served as chairman of the Committee on Courts of Justice.
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