George Latham Fletcher (May 19, 1874 – March 23, 1929;[1][2][3] from Warrenton, Virginia)[4] was conductor of the Virginia Glee Club during the Glee Club 1897-1898 season. He was also a member during the Glee Club 1895-1896 season. While a law student at the University of Virginia, he was a member of the V.V.V. Dramatic Club, the College Choir, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Phi, Eli Banana, and the Z Society.[5][6]
Graduating in 1898, he practiced law, served as judge (in the 28th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, in Warrenton) as well as two terms as state senator,[7] and is mentioned in the correspondence of the Board of Visitors in 1916 and 1918.[8] He remained active in the Alumni Association, serving as the secretary and treasurer of the Fauquier County chapter around 1908.[9] Possibly the most memorable case over which he presided as judge was the divorce of future Duchess of Windsor Wallis Simpson from her first husband, in 1927.[10]
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- ↑ "George Latham Fletcher". Find-a-Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25682179. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
- ↑ "George Latham Fletcher". US World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com). https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6482/005153686_00234/33991656. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ↑ "George Latham Fletcher". District of Columbia, Select Deaths and Burials Index, 1769-1960 (Ancestry.com). https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60260&h=131722&ssrc=pt&tid=65266811&pid=130069718215. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
- ↑ University of Virginia Catalog, 1897-1898. p. 39. http://xtf.lib.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=2005_Q4_3/uvaBook/tei/z000000171.xml;chunk.id=d3;toc.depth=100;brand=default;query=fletcher.
- ↑ Corks and Curls. 11. 1897. pp. 42ff. http://books.google.com/books?id=6ahVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q=fletcher&f=false.
- ↑ Corks and Curls. IX. 1896. p. 54. http://books.google.com/books?id=0ahVAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22university%20of%20virginia%22%20%22bradford%20burwell%22&pg=PA56#v=onepage&q=powers&f=false.
- ↑ Catalogue of Beta Theta Pi. 1917. pp. 688,809. http://books.google.com/books?id=KGs4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR413&lpg=PR413&dq=george+latham+fletcher&source=bl&ots=kudTdrpVjI&sig=EGUys373uyG5ylRZgM7LtylINyo&hl=en&ei=dUvNTe58gsvQAbX2wJYO&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CE8Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=george%20latham%20fletcher&f=false.
- ↑ Board of Visitors minutes. 1918-11-26. pp. 254ff. http://xtf.lib.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=2006_09/uvaGenText/tei/bov_19181126.xml;chunk.id=d3;toc.depth=100;brand=default;query=fletcher.
- ↑ University of Virginia Record. I. February 1908. p. 240. http://xtf.lib.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=2005_Q2_1/uvaBook/tei/z000000191.xml;chunk.id=d324;toc.depth=1;toc.id=d322;brand=default;query=fletcher#1.
- ↑ King, Greg (1999). The Duchess of Windsor: The Uncommon Life of Wallis Simpson. p. 70. http://books.google.com/books?id=VpKatnzbYJEC&lpg=PA70&ots=hNYOb85vx_&dq=%22george%20latham%20fletcher%22%20state%20senate&pg=PA70#v=onepage&q&f=false.