Daniel Parke sat on the colonial Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

 governor's Council from 1695 until 1697. His elder legitimate daughter married John Custis

John Custis

John Custis was a member of the Governor's Council in the British colony of Virginia. Often he is designated as John Custis IV or John Custis, of Williamsburg, to distinguish him from his grandfather, father, and other relatives of the same name. The son of John Custis John Custis (August...

, and his younger married William Byrd II

William Byrd II

Colonel William Byrd II was a planter, slave-owner and author from Charles City County, Virginia. He is considered the founder of Richmond, Virginia.-Biography:...

. Parke served as an aide to John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mindelheim, KG, PC , was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs through the late 17th and early 18th centuries...

, and after the Battle of Blenheim

Battle of Blenheim

The Battle of Blenheim , fought on 13 August 1704, was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. Louis XIV of France sought to knock Emperor Leopold out of the war by seizing Vienna, the Habsburg capital, and gain a favourable peace settlement...

 carried news of Marlborough's victory to Queen Anne. Winning the queen's favor, Parke was the British

United Kingdom

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 governor of the Leeward Islands

Leeward Islands

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 from 1706 to 1710. He was assassinated during a mutiny triggered by his self-enriching enforcement of Stuart imperialism. His descendants included Daniel Parke Custis

Daniel Parke Custis

Daniel Parke Custis was a wealthy Virginia planter whose widow, Martha, married George Washington.He was the son of John Custis , a powerful member of Virginia's Governor's Council, and Frances Parke Custis...

, first husband of Martha Washington

Martha Washington

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, Martha Washington is considered to be the first First Lady of the United States...

, and Mary Custis Lee, wife of General Robert E Lee.

He was succeeded by Col Walter Douglas

Walter Douglas (governor)

Colonel Walter Douglas was one of seven sons of William Douglas of Baads and his wife, Joan, daughter of James Mason of Park, Blantyre. One of his brothers was the surgeon John Douglas , another James, a physician and anatomist...

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