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Encyclopedia > List of colonial governors of Virginia

This is a list of colonial governors of Virginia. Some of these governors never visited the New World and governed through deputies resident in the colony.

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Virginia Company of London Governors (1607-1624)

From 1606 until 1624, Proprietary Governors oversaw the operation of the Virginia Colony. Proprietary Governors were individuals authorized to govern proprietary colonies. ...

Edward Maria Wingfield (born around 1560 in Stoneley (Huntingdonshire); died after 1613) was a soldier and English colonist in America. ... John Ratcliffe (died September 1609) was captain of the Discovery, one of three boats that sailed from England on December 19, 1606 to Virginia, to found a colony, arriving May 14, 1607. ... Matthew Scrivener (died January 7, 1609) was a English colonist in America. ... John Smith (1580-1631) was an English soldier, sailor, and author. ... George Percy (September 4, ???1588) - 1631 was an English explorer and author. ... Sir Thomas Gates (fl. ... Thomas West, 3rd (or 12th) Baron De La Warr (July 9, 1577 - June 7, 1618), was the Englishman for whom the state, river, and American Indian tribe called Delaware (in the United States) were named. ... George Percy (September 4, ???1588) - 1631 was an English explorer and author. ... Sir Thomas Dale was a British naval commander and colonial deputy-governor of Virginia. ... Sir Thomas Gates (fl. ... Sir George Yeardley (1587? - 1627) was a English colonial administrator in America. ... Sir Samuel Argall (1572? - 1626?) was an English adventurer and naval officer. ... Wyatt, Sir Francis, (* 1588 – 1644), English colonial governor of Virginia. ...

Crown Governors (1624-1652)

After the Virginia Company of London lost its proprietary charter in 1624, Royal Governors oversaw the interests of the Crown in the Virginia Colony until the American Revolution, except for a period under Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth of England from 1652-1660. Oliver Cromwell (April 25, 1599–September 3, 1658) was an English military and political leader best known for making England a republic and leading the Commonwealth of England. ...

Wyatt, Sir Francis, (* 1588 – 1644), English colonial governor of Virginia. ... Sir George Yeardley (1587? - 1627) was a English colonial administrator in America. ... Francis West (October 28, 1586 - February 1633 or 1644), was a Deputy Governor of the Colony of Virginia. ... John West, Governor of Virginia, 1635-37, (List of colonial governors of Virginia) was the twelfth child of Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr, and his wife Lady Anne Knollys, daughter of Sir Francis Knollys (Knollys (family)). He was born between 5 & 6 in the afternoon. ... Sir William Berkeley (1605-July 9, 1677) was a governor of Virginia, appointed by King Charles I, of whom he was a favorite. ...

Commonwealth of England Governors (1652-1660)

Edward Digges was born at Chilham Castle, Kent, England on March 29, 1621 and died at his plantation Bellfield, in York County, Virginia on March 15, 1664. ... Sir William Berkeley (1605-July 9, 1677) was a governor of Virginia, appointed by King Charles I, of whom he was a favorite. ...

Crown Governors (1660-1775)

Sir William Berkeley (1605-July 9, 1677) was a governor of Virginia, appointed by King Charles I, of whom he was a favorite. ... Thomas Colepeper 2nd Baron Colepeper (1635–1689), was the colonial governor of Virginia, 1677–1683. ... The title of Earl of Effingham has been created twice in British history, both times for holders of the Barony of Howard of Effingham. ... Sir Edmund Andros Sir Edmund Andros (December 6, 1637 - February 24, 1714), was an early colonial governor in North America, and head of the short-lived Dominion of New England. ... Portrait thought to be Nicholson Sir Francis Nicholson (1655-1728) was a British military officer and was colonial governor or acting governor of New York, Virginia, Maryland, Nova Scotia, and South Carolina. ... Edmund Jenings was a Virginian politician. ... General Robert Hunter (1664-1734) was colonial governor of New York from 1710 to 1719. ... George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (February 9, 1666 - January 29, 1737) was a British soldier. ... Alexander Spotswood c. ... Robert Carter also known as King Carter (1663 – August 4, 1732) was a colonist in Virginia and had become one of the wealthiest men in the colonies. ... William Gooch (21 October 1681-17 December 1751) born in Yarmouth, England; died in London; served as Governor of Virginia from 1727 through 1749. ... Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle KG PC ADC (5 June 1702–22 December 1754) was a British diplomat and an American colonist. ... The Reverend Dr. James Blair James Blair D.D. (1656 – April 18, 1743) was a Scottish Episcopalian clergyman, missionary and educator, best known as the founder of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. // James Blair was born in Banffshire, Scotland as one of five children. ... William Gooch (21 October 1681-17 December 1751) born in Yarmouth, England; died in London; served as Governor of Virginia from 1727 through 1749. ... Thomas Lee (c. ... Robert Dinwiddie (1693–July 27, 1770) was a British colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant Governor of colonial Virginia from 1751 to 1758, first under governor Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, and then, from July 1756 to January 1758, as deputy for John Campbell, 4th Earl of... John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun was a British nobleman and military leader. ... Robert Dinwiddie (1693–July 27, 1770) was a British colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant Governor of colonial Virginia from 1751 to 1758, first under governor Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, and then, from July 1756 to January 1758, as deputy for John Campbell, 4th Earl of... A Painting of Francis Fauquier Francis Fauquier was a Lieutenant Governor of the colony of Virginia (in what is today the United States), and served as acting governor from 1758 until his death in 1768. ... Jeffrey Amherst by Joshua Reynolds Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (sometimes spelled Geoffrey, he himself spelled his name as Jeffery) (January 29, 1717 - August 3, 1797) served as an officer in the British army Born in Sevenoaks, England, he became a soldier aged about 14. ... Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, more commonly known as Lord Botetourt, (1718-1770) was governor of the Virginia Colony from 1768 to 1770. ... Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, more commonly known as Lord Botetourt, (1718-1770) was governor of the Virginia Colony from 1768 to 1770. ... William Nelson (1711–November 19, 1772) was an American planter and colonial leader from Yorktown, Virginia. ... John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730 – February 25, 1809) was the British governor of the Province of New York from 1770 to 1771 and the Virginia Colony, from September 25, 1771 until his departure to New York on New Years Eve, 1776. ...

President of the Committee for Public Safety

Edmund Pendleton (1721-1803) was a Virginia politician, lawyer and judge, active in the American Revolutionary War. ...

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North Carolina Governors (958 words)
North Carolina's history as an organized governing system led by a governor may be viewed in five chronological stages: the Virginia colony, the southern plantation, the Lords Proprietors, the Royal colony, and the state of North Carolina.
A chronology of governors serving during each of these stages is listed at the bottom of the page.
Theactions of the Virginia governor outpaced his authority under the English Crown, and the Southern Plantation and its Commander were short-lived.
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