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Sir William Berkeley

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English colonial governor of Virginia

PoliticiansLived 1605 to 1677 · aged 72
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Sir William Berkeley 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.

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Portrait of Frances Culpeper Stephens Berkeley Ludwell by an unknown artist, c. 1660Portrait of Frances Culpeper Stephens Berkeley Ludwell by an unknown artist, c. 1660"A fair mark -- shoot", a depiction of a 1676 altercation between Berkeley (right) and Bacon (left)"A fair mark -- shoot", a depiction of a 1676 altercation between Berkeley (right) and Bacon (left)

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Sir William Berkeley 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. A favourite of King Charles I, the king first granted him the governorship in 1642. Berkeley was unseated following the execution of Charles I, but his governorship was restored by King Charles II in 1660.

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Lived 1605 to 1677 · aged 72
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