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Francis Moryson
Lt. Governor of Virginia
In office
April 1661 – 1662
Preceded byWilliam Berkeley
Succeeded byWilliam Berkeley
10th Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
In office
1656–1656
Preceded byEdward Hill, Sr.
Succeeded byJohn Smith
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses for James City County
In office
1656–1656
Serving with Robert Ellyson, John Flood, Robert Holt, Theophilus Hone, George Lobb, William Whittaker
Preceded byHenry Soane
Succeeded byHenry Soane
Personal details
Bornbefore 1628
England
Died1680/81
England
SpouseCecilia
RelativesRichard Moryson (father)

Francis Moryson (bef. 1628–1680/81) was an English soldier who became a Virginia colonial official and agent. A Royalist in the English Civil War, he emigrated to the Virginia Colony, where he held several posts before returning to England and becoming the colony's agent, and finally briefly served on the commission investigating Bacon's Rebellion.[1][2]

  1. ^ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. 1. p. 49.
  2. ^ Kukla, Jon (1981). Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1643–1776. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library. ISBN 0-88490-075-4.

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