Royal Attorney General of New Jersey and a brigadier general
Courtlandt Skinner
Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office 1772–1776
Governor
William Franklin
Preceded by
Stephen Crane
Succeeded by
John Hart
Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office 1765–1770
Governor
William Franklin
Preceded by
Robert Ogden
Succeeded by
Stephen Crane
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the City of Perth Amboy district
In office 1763–1775
Serving with John Johnston, John L. Johnston, John Coombs
7th New Jersey Attorney General
In office 1754–1776
Governor
Jonathan Belcher, Sir Francis Bernard, Thomas Boone, Josiah Hardy, William Franklin
Preceded by
Joseph Warrell
Succeeded by
William Paterson
Personal details
Born
December 16, 1727 Perth Amboy, Province of New Jersey, British America
Died
March 15, 1799(1799-03-15) (aged 71) Bristol, England
Resting place
St. Augustine's Churchyard, Bristol
Nationality
British
Spouse
Elizabeth Kearney
(after 1751)
Relations
Stephanus Van Cortlandt (grandfather) Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet (son-in-law)
Parent(s)
William Skinner Elizabeth Van Cortlandt
Occupation
Attorney general, attorney, colonial militia officer
Cortlandt Skinner (December 16, 1727 – March 15, 1799) was the last Royal Attorney General of New Jersey and a brigadier general in a Loyalist force, the New Jersey Volunteers, also known as Skinner's Greens, during the American Revolutionary War.[1][2]
^"Biographical Sketch of Brigadier General Cortland Skinner". royalprovincial.com. The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
^Lamb, Martha Joanna (1877). Embracing the period prior to the Revolution, closing in 1774. A.S. Barnes and Company. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
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and the Loyalist New Jersey militia known as Skinner's Brigade under the command of CortlandtSkinner. Campbell's men (including the German troops) numbered...
unsuccessful raid to Pleasant Valley, New Jersey under Brig. Genl. CortlandtSkinner of the New Jersey Volunteers. Between September 4–14, 1781, under...
General Schuyler), Major General Oliver Delancey and Brigadier General CortlandtSkinner (both Schuyler family descendants). During the American war of Independence...
officer with the 3rd New Jersey Volunteers under the command of General CortlandtSkinner. He had participated of the property's first owner, United Empire...
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Pierre Van Cortlandt (January 10, 1721 – May 1, 1814) was an American politician who served as the first lieutenant governor of New York. He was first...
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and 54th Regiments of Foot and a Loyalist provincial regiment of CortlandtSkinner's New Jersey Volunteers. The second division was under Arnold's command...
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