Daniel Dulany the Younger
| Daniel Dulany | |
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| Mayor of Annapolis | |
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In office 1764–1765 |
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| Preceded by | George H. Steuart |
| Succeeded by | John Ross |
| Member, Maryland Assembly | |
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In office 1751–1754 |
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| Member, Governor's Council | |
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In office 1757–1776 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 June 1722 Annapolis, Maryland |
| Died | 17 March 1797 |
| Relations | Daniel Dulany the Elder (father) |
| Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | lawyer, politician |
Daniel Dulany the Younger (June 28, 1722 – March 17, 1797) was a Maryland Loyalist politician, Mayor of Annapolis, and an influential American lawyer in the period immediately before the American Revolution. His pamphlet Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes in the British Colonies. which argued against taxation without representation, has been described as "the ablest effort of this kind produced in America".
Daniel Dulany was born on June 28, 1722 in Annapolis, Maryland, into a family steeped in law and politics. His father was the wealthy lawyer and public official Daniel Dulany the Elder (1685–1753). His brother Walter Dulany would also go on to be Mayor of Annapolis.
Like many sons of wealthy Maryland families, Dulany was sent to England to be educated, at Eton College and Clare College, Cambridge. In 1742 he enrolled to study law at Middle Temple, and was called to the English Bar before he returned to Maryland.
Dulany's skill as a lawyer was widely regarded, though as a result of his support for the Crown during the Revolution his reputation would not endure after the war. Fellow lawyer and politician William Pinkney regarded him as the peer of any lawyer in America or England, declaring that "even among such men as Fox, Pitt and Sheridan, he had not found his superior".
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