Brice Goldsborough

Brice J. Goldsborough (May 30, 1803 – July 23, 1867) was a justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1860 to 1867.

Early life, education, and career Born in Cambridge, Maryland, to Dr. Richard Goldsborough and Achsah (Worthington) Goldsborough, he was a drummer boy in the War of 1812, at the age of nine. He graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis and read law under Col. Smith of Winchester, Virginia to gain admission to the bar in Cambridge bar around 1825. Goldsborough was subsequently nominated for election to the office in 1862, winning re-election by a large margin over his competitor, James B. Groom, of Cecil County. Goldsborough remained on the court until his death, in July, 1867.

Personal life and death Goldsborough married Leah Goldsborough, a daughter of his cousin James Goldsborough, of Talbot County. They had two sons, James Richard Goldsborough, and M. Worthington Goldsborough.

He died at Cambridge, Maryland, at the age of 64.