Sir George Yeardley

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_George_Yeardley
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:birthDate 1587
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Argall_Yeardley
gptkb:Elizabeth_Yeardley
gptkb:Francis_Yeardley
gptkbp:deathDate 1627
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Virginia_Colony
gptkbp:emigratedTo gptkb:Virginia_Colony
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir George Yeardley
gptkbp:knighted gptkb:King_James_I
1618
gptkbp:militaryRank Captain
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableEvent Presided over the first representative legislative assembly in America (House of Burgesses, 1619)
gptkbp:notableFor Governor of Virginia Colony
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:plant_species
gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkbp:ownedPlantation gptkb:Flowerdew_Hundred_Plantation
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Samuel_Argall
gptkbp:servedUnder gptkb:Virginia_Company_of_London
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Temperance_Flowerdew
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Sir_Francis_Wyatt
gptkbp:termEnd 1621
gptkbp:termStart 1619
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Governor_of_the_Colony_of_Virginia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5