Philip Ludwell | |
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| 1st Governor of Carolina | |
| In office 5 December 1689 – May 1693 | |
| Monarch | William III |
| Preceded by | Henry Duke |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Smith |
| 24th Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses | |
| In office 1695–1696 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Milner |
| Succeeded by | Robert Carter |
| Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing James City County | |
| In office 1698–1696 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Sherman |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Cowles, Henry Duke |
| In office 1695–1696 Serving with Poynes Weldon | |
| Succeeded by | Henry Duke |
| Virginia Council of State | |
| In office 1675-1679, 1680-1687 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c.1638 Bruton, Somerset, England |
| Died | c.1723 Bruton, Somerset County, England |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Higginson Lady Frances Berkeley |
| Children | Philip Ludwell Jr. Lucy Ludwell |
| Occupation | planter, soldier, bureaucrat |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Virginia militia |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Bacon's Rebellion |
Philip Cottington Ludwell (c. 1638 – c. 1723) was an English-born planter and politician in colonial Virginia who sat on the Virginia Governor's Council, the first of three generations of men with the same name to do so, and briefly served as speaker of the House of Burgesses. In addition to operating plantations in Virginia using enslaved labor, Ludwell also served as the first governor of the Carolinas, during the colony's transition from proprietary rule to royal colony.[1][2][3]
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- ^ 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.