Stafford Gorman Whittle (December 5, 1849 – September 11, 1931) was born at the family home Woodstock in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

[1] His early education was received in Norfolk but, when the American Civil War began, he continued his studies with a tutor at his father's home in Botetourt County.

Later, he attended Chatham Male Institute in Pittsylvania County and entered Washington College when he was eighteen.

Ten years later, February 1, 1881, he was appointed judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit.

Returning to Martinsville, where Whittle had a long association with Christ Episcopal Church,[2] Stafford Gorman Whittle spent the remaining years with his family.