William Fitzhugh was an American planter, enslaver, legislator and patriot during the American Revolutionary War who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress for Virginia in 1779, as well as many terms in the House of Burgesses and both houses of the Virginia General Assembly following the Commonwealth's formation. His Stafford County home, Chatham Manor, is on the National Register for Historic Places and serves as the National Park Service Headquarters for the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the State Senate of Virginia, member of the Virginia House of Delegates
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
