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The House of Burgesses ( / ˈbɜːrdʒəsɪz /) was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia . From 1642 to 1776, the House of Burgesses was an instrument of government alongside the royally-appointed colonial governor and the upper-house Council of State in the General ...
This is a list of members of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1619 to 1775 from the references listed at the end of the article. The members of the first assembly in 1619, the members of the last assembly in 1775 and the Speakers of the House are designated by footnotes.
Speaker Peyton Randolph supported independence in the 1770s. The House of Burgesses was called back by the Royal Governor Lord Dunmore one last time in June 1775 to address British Prime Minister Lord North's Conciliatory Resolution. Randolph, who was a delegate to the Continental Congress, returned to Williamsburg to take his place as Speaker.
Virginia Resolves. The Virginia Resolves were a series of resolutions passed on May 29, 1765, by the Virginia House of Burgesses in response to the Stamp Act of 1765, which had imposed a tax on the British colonies in North America requiring that material be printed on paper made in London which carried an embossed revenue stamp.
Died. 2 Feb 1695. Virginia. Spouse. Diana Skipwith Dale. Occupation. government official and politician. Edward Dale ( c. 1620 – 1695) was a Royalist who emigrated to Virginia, where he held various offices in Lancaster County, Virginia including as a member of the House of Burgesses. [1] [2]
Along with Samuel Jordan, he represented Charles City as a burgess in the first general assembly of the Virginia House of Burgesses in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. He was a representative for Westover, an incorporation of Charles City, in the 1623/24 assembly and signed a letter along with several burgesses at the time of that assembly.
According to McCartney, from 1620 to at least 1626 Spencer was the overseer of property in the "Governor's Land" owned by Captain William Peirce (burgess), later a member of the House of Burgesses for Jamestown in 1624 and a member of the Council of State from 1632 to 1643. [11] He also became the overseer of John Rolfe's plantation and ...
John Buckner (burgess) John Buckner (probably born early 1630s, died about 1695) was a Virginia planter and politician who arranged for importation of the first printing press in the Colony of Virginia. He twice represented Gloucester County in the Virginia House of Burgesses. [1] [2]