Edward Hill Jr.

Edward Hill Jr.
Member of the Virginia Governor's Council
In office
1691-1700
Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
In office
1684–1684
Preceded byThomas Ballard
Succeeded byWilliam Kendall
Member of the House of Burgesses for Charles City County
In office
1688–1688
Serving with Peter Perry
Preceded byJohn Stith
Succeeded byRobert Bolling
Assumed office
1684
Serving with James Minge
Preceded byJames Biss
Succeeded byJohn Stith
Member of the House of Burgesses for James City County
In office
1679–1679
Preceded byRichard Lawrence
Succeeded byThomas Ballard
Member of the House of Burgesses for Charles City County
In office
1676–1676
Serving with Nicholas Wyatt
Preceded byRobert Wynne
Succeeded byJames Biss
Personal details
Born1637
Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Colony of Virginia
DiedNovember 30, 1700
Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Colony of Virginia
NationalityBritish
ChildrenEdward Hill III
ParentEdward Hill,
Occupationplanter, officer, politician

Edward Hill Jr. (circa 1637–November 30, 1700) was a controversial Virginia planter, local official and politician, who like his father operated Shirley Plantation in part using enslaved labor, as well as briefly served as 20th Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses (in 1684), and several times represented Charles City County in that body.[1]

  1. ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, "Hill, Edward Jr." in Dictionary of Virginia Biography (1915) vol. 1, p. 141