Jeremiah Gridley
Jeremiah Gridley | |
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Portrait of Jeremiah Gridley by John Smibert, 1731 (Harvard University) | |
| Massachusetts Attorney General | |
| Member of the General Court of the Province of Massachusetts Bay | |
| In office 1755–1757 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 10, 1702 |
| Died | September 10, 1767 (aged 65) Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard College (class of 1725) |
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Jeremiah Gridley (or Jeremy Gridley; 1702–1767) was a lawyer, editor, colonial legislator, and attorney general in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, in the 18th century. He served as "Grand Master of the Masons in North America" around the 1760s, and was associated with the founding of the Boston Bar Association.