Biography of Sir Henry Chicheley, Lt. Governor and Acting Governor of Virginia
This article is about the colonial governor. For the bishop, see Henry Chichele.
Sir Henry Chicheley
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Colony
Acting Governor, 1678 – 1680; 1680 – 1682
In office 1674 – February 5, 1683
Monarch
Charles II
Governor
Sir William Berkeley Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper
Preceded by
Sir Herbert Jeffreys
Succeeded by
Francis Nicholson
Member of the House of Burgesses for Lancaster County, Virginia Colony
Personal details
Born
1614 or 1615 Wimpole Estate Cambridgeshire, England
Died
(1683-02-05)5 February 1683 Rosegill, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater
B.A., University College, Oxford
Military service
Service
Royalist
Years of service
1642–1644
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Wars
English Civil War
Sir Henry Chicheley (b. 1614 or 1615 – d. February 5, 1683) was a lieutenant governor of Virginia Colony who also served as Acting Governor during multiple periods in the aftermath of Bacon's Rebellion.[1] Having first visited the Virginia colony as a Royalist in exile, where he served in the House of Burgesses in violation of his probation, Lt. Gov. Chicheley wielded power during a period of sociopolitical turmoil and change, and later in his career was increasingly troubled by England's growing aggression and control over the colony.[2]
^Billings, Warren M. “Chicheley, Sir Henry.” In the Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 3, edited by Sara B. Bearss, 203–205. Richmond: Library of Virginia, 2006.
^"Sir Henry Chicheley's signature". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
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