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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.
Governor Sir William Berkeley (1660–1677) Lieutenant Governor Francis Moryson (1661–1662) Governor Col. Herbert Jeffreys (1677–1678) Governor Thomas Culpeper, 2nd Baron Culpeper of Thoresway (1677–1683) Lieutenant Governor Sir Henry Chicheley (1678–1680) Acting Governor Col. Nicholas Spencer (September 1683–April 1684) [1] [2]
William Berkeley (governor) (1605–1677), colonial governor of Virginia; 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 ...
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 ...
William Drummond (born c. 1617, died January 20, 1677) was a Scottish indentured servant in Virginia who became the first colonial governor of Albemarle Sound settlement in the Province of Carolina, but alienated Virginia governor William Berkeley, became a ringleader of Bacon's Rebellion and was executed after his capture.
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]
John Custis II (Sr.) (1629 – January 29, 1696) was a North American Colonial British merchant and planter who aligned with governor William Berkeley during Bacon's Rebellion and began a political career in which he served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and became one of the founders of the Custis family, one of the First Families of Virginia.
Governor Berkeley may refer to: George Berkeley (civil servant) (1819–1905), Governor of the Leeward Islands in 1864 and Governor of the West Africa Settlements form 1873 to 1874; Henry Spencer Berkeley (1851–1918), Acting Governor of Fiji in 1889; Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt (died 1770), Colonial Governor of Virginia from 1768 ...