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at Bedford, Virginia and Pungoteague Academy in Accomack County, Virginia.''The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography'' (1967), p. 183. In 1909, he entered Washington and Lee University where he graduated in 1911 with an LL. B degree. After graduation, he was admitted to the bar and began practice in Roanoke, Virginia. In 1923, he was appointed judge of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit and, in 1926, became judge of the Court of Law and Chancery of the

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. Judge Gregory served on that court until he was elected, in 1930, to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, where he remained until his death. Justice Gregory received an honorary

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from Washington and Lee and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and

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. He was succeeded on the court by Kennon C. Whittle.The Monocle
, ''Virginia Chronicle'' (April 5, 1951, p. 2.

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1884 births 1951 deaths Justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia Virginia lawyers Virginia state court judges Washington and Lee University School of Law alumni People from Westmoreland County, Virginia Virginia circuit court judges {{Virginia-politician-stub