![]() Vacancies were occasionally supplied, until an appointment could be made in England, by the election of a governor, by the Council, but this was only the case during the earlier years of the Royal Government. Their titles varied, some being styled “Governor and Captain-General,” others Lieutenant Governor,” or ” Deputy Governor.” From 1704 to 1768 the higher title was borne by sinecures in England, while the actual power was in the hands of “Lieutenant Governors,” resident in Virginia. Throughout the remainder of the Colonial period the executives of Virginia were appointed by the King. This system lasted until 1609, when the Company chose a Governor and Lieutenant Governor (Lord Delaware and Sir Thomas Gates) who were the first to bear those titles, and whose successors were, like themselves, appointed by the Company, until the revocation of its charter. At the first settlement, in 1607, the governing body consisted of a council of seven, with a president whom they were to select out of their own number. GOVERNOR–The Colony of Virginia was from 1607 to 1624, under the control of the Virginia Company, of London. There will be found below, a very brief account of the various offices of the Colonial Government, and some notice of the sources from whence the lists are derived. They are well aware that many lists could be added from the unpublished journals of the House of Burgesses in the British Public Record Office, which they hope may some day be copied for the Virginia Historical Society, or the Virginia State Library, and the information contained in them be made accessible. They have been at pains, through diligent research and faithful citation, to secure for it that accuracy which is the only merit of a book of its character, and have exhausted all American sources known to them, though they believe it possible that there may be some few lists of the House of Burgesses which, in spite of every effort, they have failed to bring to light. The compilers of this Register trust that it may prove useful to students of Virginia History and Genealogy. Richmond skyline after the Evacuation Fire of 1865.Ī list of Governors, Councillors and Other Higher Officials, and also of Members of the House of Burgesses, and the Revolutionary Conventions of the Colony of Virginia - Compiled by William Glover and Mary Newton Standard, published by Joel Munsell’s Sons, Publishers, Albany, New York, 1902.Early Settlers 17 th Century - Revolutionary. ![]()
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