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The following are English nobility with connections to the Colony of Virginia:
Nobility in Colonial Virginia
| Name |
Title Conferred or Inherited |
Title |
Patron
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| Sir Thomas Gates |
1596 |
Knighted for gallantry at the Capture of Cádiz |
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, later confirmed by Queen Elizabeth I
|
| Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr |
March 24, 1602 |
Hereditary Peerage of England, Baron De La Warr (2nd creation) |
Peerage created by Queen Elizabeth I of England
|
| George Somers |
1603 |
Knighted |
James VI and I
|
| Sir Thomas Dale |
June 16, 1606 |
Knighted |
James VI and I
|
| Sir Ferdinando Wainman cousin of Sir Thomas West, buried in Jamestown church, son of Thomas Wenman (died 1577) |
before 1610 |
- |
-
|
| Sir Francis Wyatt |
July 7, 1618 |
knighted, at Windsor |
James VI and I
|
| George_Yeardley |
November 24, 1618 |
knighted , at Newmarket |
James VI and I
|
| Samuel Argall |
June 26, 1622 |
Knighted |
James VI and I
|
| John Harvey (Virginia_governor) |
March 26, 1628 |
Knighted |
Charles I of England
|
| William Berkeley (governor) |
1639 |
Knighted |
Charles I of England
|
| Richard Kemp (governor) |
August 7, 1641 |
Knighted, at Whitehall |
Charles I of England
|
| Thomas Lunsford |
December 28, 1641 |
Knighted, at Whitehall |
Charles I of England
|
| Edmund Andros |
November 1677 |
Knighted |
Charles II of England
|
| Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham |
April 26, 1681 |
Hereditary Peerage of England, Earl of Effingham |
Peerage created by Queen Mary I of England
|
| John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun |
November 20, 1731 |
Hereditary Peerage of Scotland, Earl of Loudoun |
Peerage created by Charles I of England, 2 May 1633
|
| George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (absentee governor) |
25 November 1695 |
Hereditary Peerage of Scotland, Earl of Orkney |
Peerage created by William III of England
|
| Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle (absentee governor) |
1718 |
Hereditary Peerage of England, Earl of Albemarle |
Peerage created by William III of England
|
| Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet |
1746 |
Baronet of the Kingdom of Great Britain |
George II of Great Britain
|
| John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore |
1756 |
Hereditary Peerage of Scotland, Earl of Dunmore |
Peerage created by James II and VII
|
| Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt |
1764 |
Hereditary Peerage of England, Baron Botetourt |
Peerage created by King Edward I
|
To do:
Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper
