Edward Digges

For the later Virginia politician, see Edward Digges (burgess).

Edward Digges
Governor of Virginia
In office
1665–1668
Preceded byRichard Bennett
Succeeded bySamuel Mathews
Member of the Virginia Governor's Council
In office
1654–1674
Personal details
Born14 February 1620
Chilham Castle, Kent County, England
Died15 March 1674/75
E.D. plantation, York County, Colony of Virginia
SpouseElizabeth Page
RelationsSir Dudley Digges (father), Edward Digges, Cole Digges, Dudley Digges (grandsons); Cole Digges (great grandson)
Children13 including sons William Digges, Dudley, Edward Digges Jr.
Occupationplanter, politician

Edward Digges (14 February 1620 – 15 March 1674/75) was an English barrister and colonist who became a premium tobacco planter and official in the Virginia colony. The son of the English politician Dudley Digges represented the colony before the Virginia Company of London and the royal government, as well as served for two decades on the colony's Council of State. Digges served as interim Colonial Governor of Virginia from March 1655 to December 1656, and for longer periods as the colony's receiver general and auditor-general. He is also known for planting mulberry trees and promoting the silk industry in the colony.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Tarter, Brent. "Edward Digges (1621–1675)". Encyclopedia Virginia/Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  2. ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915) Vol. 1 pp. 47–48
  3. ^ McCartney, Martha W. (2012). Jamestown people to 1800 : landowners, public officials, minorities, and native leaders. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-8063-1872-1. OCLC 812189309.