Personal Life
Plater was an active churchman who served twenty-eight years as a vestryman of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (which he helped to found and build).
He was married to Elizabeth Rousby, and they had six children: Rebecca, George, John, Thomas, Edward, and Ann. Rebecca was the grandmother of Alice Green, wife of H.H. Prince Don Angel Maria de Iturbide y Huarte, who were in turn the parents of H.H. Prince Don AgustÃn de Iturbide y Green- Head of the Imperial House of Mexico. George Plater's son John Rousby Plater was a lawyer and judge and another son Thomas was a lawyer and would go on to represent Maryland in the United States House of Representatives. The eldest daughter, Rebecca married Uriah Forrest, statesman and military leader. Daughter Ann married Philip Barton Key. Their daughter Elizabeth Rousby Key was the wife of Louisiana's fifth governor, Henry Johnson and a first cousin to Francis Scott Key.
When Plater died on February 10, 1792 in Annapolis, Maryland his body was returned home and buried at Sotterley, which still stands on the banks of the Patuxent River in St. Mary's County. The house is maintained and operated as a museum by a foundation created for that purpose. The property is on Route 245, just outside of Hollywood, Maryland and is open to visitors during the summer (An entrance fee is charged).
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