Colonel Edward Hill Sr. | |
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| Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses | |
| In office 1659–1659 | |
| Preceded by | John Smith |
| Succeeded by | Theodorick Bland of Westover |
| In office 1654–1655 | |
| Preceded by | William Whitby |
| Succeeded by | Francis Moryson |
| In office 1644–1645 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Stegg |
| Succeeded by | Edmund Scarborough |
| Member of the Virginia Governor's Council | |
| In office 1660-1663 | |
| Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing Charles City County, Virginia | |
| In office 1659–1659 Serving with Warham Horsmenden | |
| Preceded by | Robert Wynne |
| Succeeded by | Robert Wynne |
| In office 1654–1655 Serving with Stephen Hamlin, Henry Perry, Abraham Wood, John Holmewood | |
| Preceded by | John Bushopp |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Lluellin |
| Member of the Virginia Governor's Council | |
| In office 1651 | |
| Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing Charles City County, Virginia | |
| In office 1647–1652 Serving with Francis Poythers, Charles Sparrow, John Bushoppe | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Lluellin |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Llewellin |
| In office Nov. 20, 1645 – March 1, 1646 Serving with William Barker, Francis Eppes, Rice Hooe, Edward Prince, Charles Sparrow, Anthony Wyatt | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Stegg |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Lluellin |
| In office 1640–1642 Serving with Francis Eppes, Joseph Johnson, Thomas Pawlett, Walter Chiles, Walter Aston | |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Stegg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | before 1619 |
| Died | c. 1662 |
| Children | Edward Hill, Jr. |
| Residence(s) | Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia |
| Occupation | Planter, soldier |
Colonel Edward Hill (d. c. 1662) was a Virginia planter, soldier and politician. In addition to representing Charles City County for many terms in the House of Burgesses, fellow members three times selected him as its Speaker (1644–45, 1654–55, and 1659), and he sat in the Virginia General Assembly's upper house, the Virginia Governor's Council in 1651 as well as from 1660 to 1663. Burgesses also sent Hill to Maryland to put down Richard Ingle's 1646 rebellion, and he acted as the colony's temporary governor before ceding to the proper governor, Leonard Calvert, but later contested nonpayment of monies promised to him and Virginia militia troops for that action. Col. Hill also led the Charles County and Henrico County militia and Pamunkey Native Americans against other tribes in Hanover County in 1656, with less success.[1]