Richard Carey (judge)
{{Short description|American judge}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2024}}Richard Carey was from Elizabeth City County, Virginia. He studied law and then practiced in the county courts.{{cite web |title=Superior Court – Judicial Profiles |url=https://masslawyersweekly.com/judicial-profiles/category/courts/superior-court/ |website=Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly}}{{cite web|url=https://warwickcountyva.org/f/the-carys-of-warwick-county-%E2%80%9Cpeartree-hall%E2%80%9D|date=January 14, 2023|access-date=November 22, 2024|title=The Carys of Warwick County, "Peartree Hall"|publisher=Warwick County Historical Society}}
He owned Boldrup Plantation at some point after 1782.
He served in the Fifth Virginia Convention in 1776 and the Virginia Ratifying Convention in 1788.
He married Mary Cole, daughter of William Cole (burgess).
Judicial career
In 1777, he was appointed as a judge of the court of admiralty, where he soon became the presiding judge. As a member of that court, he also became a member of the first Court of Appeals. In 1788, when the Court of Appeals was reorganized to include only five judges elected solely for that court, Carey was appointed a judge on the general court.{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.ke/books/edition/Virginia_Reports/S0YMAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=Virginia Reports: Jefferson--33 Grattan, 1730-1880 |date=1902 |publisher=Michie Company |language=en}}
Death
He died in 1789.
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Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia
Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:People from Warwick County, Virginia
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