Our Governors - Virginia Facts

Pre-History (Roanoke Island Colony)
1585 – 1590



Sir Walter Raleigh Lord and Governor of Virginia 1585 – 1590 (absentee)	Sir Ralph Lane 1585 – 1586	John White 1587

Virginia Company of London
1607 – 1624



Edward Maria Wingfield President of the Council 1607	John Ratcliffe President of the Council 1608	Matthew Scrivener 1608



John Smith President of the Council 1608 – 1609	The Honourable George Percy President of the Council 1609 – 1610	Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr Governor 1609 – 1618, sometimes absentee



Sir Thomas Gates Deputy Governor May – June 1610	The Honourable George Percy Deputy Governor March – May 1611	Sir Thomas Dale Acting Governor May – August 1611



Sir Thomas Gates Deputy Governor 1611 – 1613	Sir Thomas Dale Acting Governor 1613 – 1616	Sir George Yeardly Lieutenant Governor 1616 – 1617



Sir Samuel Argall Lieutenant Governor 1617 – 1619	Sir George Yeardly Governor 1619 – 1621	Sir Francis Wyatt Governor 1621 – 1624

Crown Governors

1624 – 1652



Sir Francis Wyatt Governor 1624 – 1626	Sir George Yeardly Governor 1626 – 1627	The Honourable Francis West Acting Governor 1627 – 1629



Sir John Harvey Governor 1628 – 1639	John Pott Acting Governor 1629 – 1630	The Honourable John West Acting Governor 1635 – 1636



Sir Francis Wyatt Governor 1639 – 1642	Sir William Berkeley Governor 1642 – 1652	Sir Richard Kemp Acting Governor 1644 – 1645

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