Governor Sir William Berkeley

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Governor_Sir_William_Berkeley
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:birthDate 1605
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Bruton,_Somerset,_England
gptkbp:deathDate 1677
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Twickenham,_Middlesex,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Queen's_College,_Oxford
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Governor Sir William Berkeley
gptkbp:knownFor authoritarian rule
suppression of Bacon's Rebellion
promoting diversification of Virginia's economy
supporting the royalist cause during the English Civil War
gptkbp:monarchDuringTerm gptkb:Charles_II_of_England
gptkb:Charles_I_of_England
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Bacon's_Rebellion
gptkbp:notableWork Discourse and View of Virginia
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:plant_species
gptkb:writer
gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Sir_Francis_Wyatt
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:John_Berkeley,_1st_Baron_Berkeley_of_Stratton
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Frances_Culpeper_Berkeley
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Herbert_Jeffreys
gptkbp:termEnd 1677
1652
gptkbp:termStart 1641
1660
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Treaty_of_1646
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7