Philip Ludwell Jr.

Philip Ludwell Jr.
Member of the Virginia Governor's Council
In office
1702-1726
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing Jamestown
In office
1696–1697
Preceded byWilliam Sherwood
Succeeded byLewis Burwell
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing James City County
In office
1698–1700
Serving with Thomas Cowles, Henry Duke
Preceded byMichael Sherman
Succeeded byJames Bray
Personal details
Bornc.1672
Fairfield plantation, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia
DiedJanuary 11, 1727
James City County, Colony of Virginia
SpouseHannah Harrison
ChildrenPhilip Ludwell III
Occupationplanter, politician

Philip Ludwell Jr. (c.1672 – c.1727) was a Virginia planter and politician who served several terms in the Virginia House of Burgesses, and became an important figure in the colony's new capital at Williamsburg as well as with the newly established College of William & Mary. As had his father Philip Ludwell, and as would son Philip Ludwell III, this man served on the Virginia Governor's Council and operated plantations using enslaved labor.[1]

  1. ^ McCartney, Martha (2012). Jamestown People to 1800: Landowners, Public Officials, Minorities and Native Leaders. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. pp. 266–267. ISBN 978-0-8063-1872-1.