Edmund Jenings | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Edmund_Jenings_portrait.png) Edmund Jenings portrait by Godfrey Kneller | |
| Acting Royal Governor of Virginia | |
| In office 1706-1710 | |
| Monarch | Anne |
| Preceded by | Edward Nott |
| Succeeded by | Robert Hunter |
| Member of the Virginia Governor's Council | |
| In office 1691-1726 | |
| Attorney General for the Virginia colony | |
| In office 1680–1691 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Hill |
| Succeeded by | Edward Chilton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1659 Ripon, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | July 5, 1727 (aged 67–68) Williamsburg, Virginia |
| Spouse | Frances Corbin (ca 1688 - 1713, her death) |
| Relatives | Sir Edmund Jenings (father) Edmund Jr. (son) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Edmund Jenings (1659-1727) was an English lawyer and colonial administrator who held important posts in the colony of Virginia including as the attorney general, on the Governor's Council and as acting governor, but encountered controversy and experienced financial problems in his final years.[1][2]
- ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (1915) vol. 1, p. 57-58
- ^ Knight, Thomas Daniel. "Edmund Jenings (1659–1727)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 19 January 2023.