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Sir William Berkeley (/ ˈ b ɑːr k l iː /; 1605 – 9 July 1677) was an English colonial administrator who served as the governor of Virginia from 1660 to 1677. One of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, as governor of Virginia he implemented policies that bred dissent among the colonists and sparked Bacon's Rebellion.
William Berkeley (Royal Navy officer) (1639–1666), English naval officer; William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton (died 1741), English politician and judge; William Berkeley, 1st Earl FitzHardinge (1786–1857), British landowner and politician; W. R. Berkley (William Robert Berkley, born 1946), founder and chairman of W. R. Berkley ...
The Declaration of the People of Virginia, or simply the Declaration of the People, was a list of complaints issued by Nathaniel Bacon on July 30, 1676, in which he proclaimed Virginia's colonial governor, William Berkeley, to be corrupt and expressed his displeasure at what his followers regarded as unjust taxation and the government's failure to provide colonists protection from some tribes ...
Green Spring site is at western edge of Colonial Virginia's Historic Triangle near Jamestown and Williamsburg. Green Spring Plantation in James City County about five miles (8.0 km) west of Williamsburg, was the 17th century plantation of one of the most unpopular governors of Colonial Virginia in North America, Sir William Berkeley, and his wife, Frances Culpeper Berkeley.
William Berkeley: Sir Francis Wyatt (b. 1588 – d. 1644) was an English nobleman and government official. He was the first royal governor of Virginia. Wyatt sailed ...
William Berkeley Lewis (1784 – November 12, 1866) was an influential friend and advisor to Andrew Jackson. He was born in Loudoun County, Virginia , and later moved near Nashville, Tennessee , in 1809.
Since his cousin and namesake Nathaniel Bacon was a prominent colonial leader and friend of governor William Berkeley, Bacon initially settled in Jamestown, the capital. By 1675 Bacon was himself appointed to the governor's council. [11] [12] Berkeley's wife, the former Frances Culpeper, may also have been Bacon's cousin by marriage. [13]
William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton PC, PC (I) (died 24 March 1741), was a British politician and judge, of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley family.He was Master of the Rolls in Ireland between 1696 and 1731 and also held political office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1710 to 1714 and as First Lord of Trade from 1714 to 1715.