Peter Jenings | |
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Member of the Governor's Council for the Colony of Virginia | |
In office 1670-1671 | |
Member of the House of Burgesses for Gloster County Colony of Virginia | |
In office 1663-1670 | |
Preceded by | Peter Knight |
Succeeded by | Augustine Warner |
In office 1660 | |
Preceded by | Augustine Warner |
Succeeded by | Peter Knight |
Attorney General for the Virginia colony | |
In office 1670–1671 | |
Preceded by | unknown |
Succeeded by | George Jordan |
Personal details | |
Born | circa 1630 Silsden, Yorkshire, England |
Died | 1671 Gloster County Colony of Virginia |
Spouse | Catherine Lunsford |
Parent | William Jenings |
Relatives | Edmund Jenings |
Occupation | attorney, planter, politician |
Peter Jenings (1630-1671) was a British attorney who emigrated to the Colony of Virginia, where he became a planter, served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and was the colony's attorney general. He twice represented Gloucester County in the House of Burgesses, as well as served on the Virginia Governor's Council probably for less than two years before his death.[1][2]