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Sir William Berkeley (pronounced "bark-lee") (Hanworth Manor, Middlesex 1605–Berkeley House, Mayfair, London July 9, 1677) was a Governor of Virginia, appointed by King Charles I, of whom he was a favorite.
He was governor from 1641-1652 and 1660-1677. As proprietor of Green Spring Plantation in James City County, he experimented with activities such as growing silk worms as part of his efforts to expand the tobacco-based economy of the Colony of Virginia.
Berkeley enacted friendly policies toward the Native Americans that led to the revolt by some of the planters in 1676 which became known as Bacon's Rebellion. In the aftermath, King Charles II was angered by the retribution aganist the rebels extracted by Governor Berkeley and recalled him to England.
References
- Biography in John T. Kneebone et al., eds., Dictionary of Virginia Biography (Richmond: The Library of Virginia, 1998– ), 1:454–458. ISBN 0-88490-189-0
External links
- Discourse and View of Virginia as written by Sir William Berkeley (electronic edition)
- National Park Service, Green Spring web page
- Friends of Green Spring a large interactive web site with streaming video and more than a dozen essays ("The voices of Green Spring")
- Friends of the National Park Service for Green Spring Plantation
- Library of Virginia, William Berkeley web page
- Sir William Berkeley, Governor of Virginia at Genealogics
| Preceded by Francis Wyatt |
Colonial Governor of Virginia 1642–1652 |
Succeeded by Richard Bennett |
| Preceded by Samuel Mathews |
Colonial Governor of Virginia 1660–1677 |
Succeeded by 2nd Baron Colepeper |
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