BERKELEY, SIR WILLIAM

1606–77, colonial governor of Virginia. Appointed governor in 1641, he arrived in Virginia in 1642. Berkeley defeated the Native Americans and the Dutch, extended explorations, and encouraged agriculture, but so persecuted dissenters that many of them left the colony. An uncompromising royalist, he made Virginia a haven for supporters of Charles I and declined to recognize the Commonwealth. Berkeley was deposed by a Puritan force from England in 1652 and lived quietly on his Virginia plantation until the Restoration in 1660, when he was reappointed governor. His second term as governor was marred by great domestic discontent and strife. A drop in tobacco prices brought great economic suffering to the colony. At the same time it was charged that Berkeley was showing favoritism toward a small group of friends and depriving the freemen of their rights. When, in addition, Berkeley refused to take the measures demanded by the frontiersmen for protection against the Native Americans, Bacon's Rebellion broke out. Temporarily forced to flee, Berkeley regained power after Bacon's premature death and ordered the hanging of many of Bacon's followers. The executions were carried out in defiance of a royal commission that had arrived with pardon for all except Bacon. Finally he yielded to the commission's order that he return to England, where he died discredited.

See T. J. Wertenbaker, Virginia under the Stuarts, 1607–1688 (1914); W. Washburn, The Governor and the Rebel (1957).

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Memoir of Sir William Hamilton, Bart
Book by John Veitch; W. Blackwood, 1869
Subjects: Hamilton, William--Sir--1788-1856
MEMOIR OF SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, BART. MEMOIR OF SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, BART. PROFESSOR OF LOGIC AND METAPHYSICS...Memoir was undertaken at the request of the family of Sir William Hamilton. I have been furnished by them with the private...
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The Life of Sir William Harcourt
Book by A. G. Gardiner; Constable & Company, 1923
Subjects: Great Britain--Politics And Government--19th Century, Harcourt, William Vernon--Sir--1827-1904
THE LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT Sir William Harcourt in his study at 22 Grafton St. 1904 THE LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT By A. G. GARDINER IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME II...
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The Railway King of Canada: Sir William Mackenzie, 1849-1923
Book by R. B. Fleming; University of British Columbia Press, 1991
Subjects: Industrialists--Canada--Biography, Mackenzie, William--Sir--1849-1923, Railroads--Canada--History
...first two decades of this century, Sir William Mackenzie was one of Canadas...The Railway King of Canada Sir William Mackenzie, 1849-1923 UBC Press...The railway king of Canada, Sir William Mackenzie, 1849-1923 Includes...
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The Lives of the British Architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers
Book by E. Beresford Chancellor; Duckworth, 1909
Subjects: Architects--Great Britain
...FROM WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM TO SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS BY E. BERESFORD CHANCELLOR...William of Wykeham to those of Sir William Chambers. As this has never been...309 Sir William Chambers 314...
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Deep Distresses: William Wordsworth, John Wordsworth, Sir George Beaumont : 1800-1808
Book by Richard E. Matlak; University of Delaware Press, 2003
Subjects: Beaumont, George Howland--Sir--1753-1827, Brothers--Great Britain--Biography, Death In Literature, Elegiac Poetry, English--History And Criticism, Poets, English--19th Century--Biography, Poets, English--19th Century--Family Relationships, Sailors--Great Britain--Biography, Wordsworth, John--1772-1805, Wordsworth, William--1770-1850--Elegiac Stanzas, Wordsworth, William--1770-1850--Family
...DISTRESSES DEEP DISTRESSES William Wordsworth John Wordsworth Sir George Beaumont 1800 1808...older brother. Furthermore, Williams relationship with Sir George Beaumont transcends...responsible successor, Sir William Lowther ( CMY 173). But...
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The Papers of Sir William Berkeley, 1605-1677
Journal article by David Thomas Konig; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 74, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Papers of Sir William Berkeley, 1605-1677 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
The Papers of Sir William Berkeley, 1605-1677. by David Thomas Konig The Papers of Sir William Berkeley, 1605-1677. Edited by Warren...ISBN 978-0-88490-207-2.) Sir William Berkeley is among the most oft-quoted...
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Sir William Berkeley and the Forging of Colonial Virginia
Journal article by J. Frederick Fausz; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 72, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Sir William Berkeley and the Forging of Colonial Virginia (Book)--Book reviews
Sir William Berkeley and the Forging of Colonial Virginia. by J. Frederick Fausz Sir William Berkeley and the Forging of Colonial Virginia...This long-awaited biography of Sir William Berkeley, the critical fulcrum of seventeenth-century...
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A Man on the Cusp: Sir William Jones's "Philology" and "Oriental Studies"
Journal article by Haruko Momma; Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 41, 1999
Subjects: Literature--History And Criticism, Philology
...Renaissance: The Dynamics of Indian Modernization 1773-1835 (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press...a Brake: The Stealth of Reason in the Scholarship of Sir William Jones in India," Texas Studies in Literature and Language...
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The "Bird in the Cage" in the History of Sexuality: Sir John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt
Journal article by Elaine Shefer; Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 1, 1991
Subjects: Sex Customs--History, Sexology
...viewer. See de Jongh, pp. 44-46. See also Eunice Lipton, Looking into Degas: Uneasy Images of Women and Modern Life (Berkeley, 1986 ) for the connection of the pitcher and the purse with the image of the prostitute. 67 For reproductions...
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"Bastard Children of Tyranny": The Ancient Constitution and Fulke Greville's A Dedication to Sir Philip Sidney *
Journal article by Peter C. Herman; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 55, 2002
Subjects: A Dedication to Sir Philip Sidney (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Attorneys as authors--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, Blacklisting, Books--Criticism and interpretation, Greville, Fulke, Baron Brooke--Criticism and interpretation, Lawyers--Criticism and interpretation, Monarchs, Nobility, Peerage, Physicians, Physicians as authors, Prisoners, Prisoners as authors, Sidney, Philip, Sir--Portrayals, Writers--Criticism and interpretation
...ed. 1950. A Catalogue of the Library of Sir Edward Coke. New Haven. The Historical...1980. Fulke Greville. Boston. Laud, William. 1977. "A Paper Concerning the Subsidies...Brooke, 1554-1628: A Critical Biography. Berkeley. Salmon, J. H. M. 1991. "Catholic Resistance...
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Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 47, February 1997
Subjects: Berkeley, Thomas--Family, Castles--England, Gloucestershire, England--Historic sites
...from a junior branch, as did Sir Lennox Berkeley (1903-89), the composer, who...successively to Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror: in which case...in the grounds. His brother, Sir William Berkeley (1606-77), was Governor or Virginia...
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Sir Cloudesley Shovell Shipwrecked: October 22nd, 1707
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 57, October 2007
Subjects: Admirals--Appreciation, Shipwrecks--Social aspects, Shovell, Sir Cloudesley--Appreciation
Sir Cloudesley Shovell Shipwrecked: October 22nd, 1707...swimming under enemy fire carrying despatches in his mouth. William III was told that Shovell was the best officer of his...sent the ring to one of Shovells friends, the Earl of Berkeley. The news of the shipwrecks and the admirals death provoked...
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William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster
Magazine article by Donald C. Jackson, Jr. Norris Hundley; California History, Vol. 82, Fall 2004
Subjects: Dam failures--California, Dam failures--History, Dam safety--Laws, regulations and rules, Dams--California, Dams--Design and construction, Mulholland, William (Irish American engineer), Southern California
...University Press, 1981); William Kahrl, Water and...the Owens Valley (Berkeley: University of California...Catherine Mulholland, William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles (Berkeley: University Press...and Boulder Dam (Berkeley and Los Angeles...noted in Mulholland, William Mulholland, 279...
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Shakespeare at the Middle Temple
Magazine article by Ralph Berry; Contemporary Review, Vol. 278, February 2001
Subjects: Authors--Appreciation, Shakespeare, William--Appreciation, Theater--Appreciation
...contemporary spice, introduced to tickle legal palates. Sir William Knollys, Comptroller of Her Majestys Household, has long...yeoman of the wardrobe turns out to be a clear hint at one William Strachey of Grays Inn, who really had a business connection...
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The Magazine at Colonial Williamsburg
Magazine article by Bruce Lenman; History Today, Vol. 44, August 1994
Subjects: Armories--History, Historic buildings--Virginia, Military bases--History, Williamsburg, Virginia--Historic sites
...trigger a white settler rebellion against Governor Sir William Berkeley in 1676-77. In the course of that rising, known as...since 1688. Spotswoods friend and colleague, Governor Sir William Keith of Pennyslvania, tells us that Alexander Spotswood...
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Love's Labour Is Lost for Sad Berkeley Heir
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 20, 2008
...We met in New Jersey last May whenI went to America to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Virginiamy ancestor Sir William Berkeley was the first royal governor of Virginia. We were introduced by a friend and we hit it off straight away. She is...
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Love's Labour Is Lost for Sad Berkeley Heir
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 20, 2008
...We met in New Jersey last May when I went to America to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Virginia my ancestor Sir William Berkeley was the first royal governor of Virginia. We were introduced by a friend and we hit it off straight away. She is...
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The Woman Who Got a Bit Tights at the Berkeley Ball; (1) Arresting Sight: The Partygoer Is Bundled into the Back of the Van after a Tussle outside the Berkeley Square Ball, Top Left (2) Ball Belles: In Berkeley Square Were Pippa Middleton and Model Olivia Inge; TV Presenters Tess Daly and Vernon Kay; Amy Winehouse Performing; Rugby Player Danny Cipriani and Former Cricketer Phil Tufnell
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 26, 2008
...great hole in her tights. The ball in Berkeley Square is a relatively new fixture on...Beckhams alleged former lover Rebecca Loos, Sir John Majors former daughter-in-law Emma...sister of Kate, the girlfriend of Prince William had something of a fighting theme. The...
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Busy Sam Gets Back to Party Business ... Two Dads: Samantha Cameron's Stepfather Viscount Astor, Left, and Her Father Sir Reginald Sheffield at a Conference Party in Birmingham
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 1, 2008
...of Bond Street, was kept company by her father, Sir Reginald Adrian Berkeley Sheffield, and her stepfather, Viscount Astor. Mrs...the Hyatt Regency were shadow foreign secretary William Hague and shadow defence secretary Liam Fox. Competition...
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The New Banks That Cost You [Pounds Sterling]25m to Join; (1) Empire Building: Above, Justin Portman and His Wife Natalia Vodianova. above Right, Sir Mick Jagger, Pictured with L'Wren Scott, Appreciates the Benefits of Bespoke Banking (2) Money Talks: Lady Bamford
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 7, 2007
Subjects: Banks (Finance)
...familiesin the capital. William Drake, one of the first...Elys former palace in Berkeley Street isFleming Family...Square fame and developer Sir John Beckwith, and the...Scotlands richest man, Sir Tom Hunter, and JCBs deep digger, Sir AnthonyBamford. Public...
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Berkeley, Sir William
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BERKELEY, SIR WILLIAM 1606 77, colonial governor of Virginia...1641, he arrived in Virginia in 1642. Berkeley defeated the Native Americans and the...declined to recognize the Commonwealth. Berkeley was deposed by a Puritan force from England...
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Wyatt, Sir Francis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...whom he had succeeded, resumed the office. He was governor again from 1639 until 1642, when he was replaced by Sir William Berkeley. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University...
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Bacon's Rebellion
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...those close to the governor, Sir William Berkeley , provided the background for...uprising, which was precipitated by Berkeleys failure to defend the frontier...new house of burgesses, which Berkeley had been forced to convene. When...
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Culpeper, Thomas Culpeper, 2d Baron
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...addition, Culpeper was granted (1675) the right of succession to the governorship of Virginia and soon replaced Sir William Berkeley. He remained in England and ruled through deputies until 1680, when Charles II required him to go in person to...
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Virginia , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...formal recognition in the late 1630s. Thus representative government under royal domain was assured. By 1641, when Sir William Berkeley became governor, the colony was well established and extended on both sides of the James up to its falls. Three...
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