Sir William Berkeley.

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. Berkeley enacted friendly policies towards the Indians that led to Bacon's Rebellion in 1676.

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

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