Philip Ludwell

Philip Ludwell
1st Governor of Carolina
In office
5 December 1689 – May 1693
MonarchWilliam III
Preceded byHenry Duke
Succeeded byThomas Smith
24th Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
In office
1695–1696
Preceded byThomas Milner
Succeeded byRobert Carter
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing James City County
In office
1698–1696
Preceded byMichael Sherman
Succeeded byThomas Cowles, Henry Duke
In office
1695–1696
Serving with Poynes Weldon
Succeeded byHenry Duke
Virginia Council of State
In office
1675-1679, 1680-1687
Personal details
Bornc.1638
Bruton, Somerset, England
Diedc.1723
Bruton, Somerset County, England
Spouse(s)Lucy Higginson
Lady Frances Berkeley
ChildrenPhilip Ludwell Jr.
Lucy Ludwell
Occupationplanter, soldier, bureaucrat
Military service
Branch/serviceVirginia militia
RankColonel
Battles/warsBacon'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]

  1. ^ "Ludwell, Philip | NCpedia".
  2. ^ "Ludwell, Philip | NCpedia".
  3. ^ 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.