Philip Ludwell (1637/38–c. 1716) of Richneck Plantation in
James City County, VirginiaJames City County is a county located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States. Its population was 62,394 , and it is often associated with Williamsburg, an independent city, and Jamestown which is within the county...
is best known for being governor of the British
Colony of CarolinaThe Province of Carolina from 1663 to 1712, was a colony of British America, controlled by the Lords Proprietary, a group of eight English noblemen led informally by member Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury...
from 1691–94. From a base in the coastal port city of
CharlestonCharleston is a city in Charleston County, South Carolina in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is the largest city and county seat of Charleston County. The city was founded as Charlestown or Charles Towne, Carolina in 1670, and moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of...
, he was governor of the entire Colony of Carolina. (the northern and southern settlements were under a common government from 1691 until 1708.
Colonel Ludwell and his brother Thomas Ludwell, were both prominent citizens of
Middle PlantationMiddle Plantation in the Virginia Colony, was an unincorporated town originally established in 1632. It was located on high ground about half-way across the Virginia Peninsula between the James River and York River...
(which later became
WilliamsburgWilliamsburg is an independent city of Virginia located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 11,998. It is bordered by James City County and York County, and is an independent city...
) in the Colony of Virginia.
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Philip Ludwell (1637/38–c. 1716) of Richneck Plantation in
James City County, VirginiaJames City County is a county located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States. Its population was 62,394 , and it is often associated with Williamsburg, an independent city, and Jamestown which is within the county...
is best known for being governor of the British
Colony of CarolinaThe Province of Carolina from 1663 to 1712, was a colony of British America, controlled by the Lords Proprietary, a group of eight English noblemen led informally by member Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury...
from 1691–94. From a base in the coastal port city of
CharlestonCharleston is a city in Charleston County, South Carolina in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is the largest city and county seat of Charleston County. The city was founded as Charlestown or Charles Towne, Carolina in 1670, and moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of...
, he was governor of the entire Colony of Carolina. (the northern and southern settlements were under a common government from 1691 until 1708.
Colonel Ludwell and his brother Thomas Ludwell, were both prominent citizens of
Middle PlantationMiddle Plantation in the Virginia Colony, was an unincorporated town originally established in 1632. It was located on high ground about half-way across the Virginia Peninsula between the James River and York River...
(which later became
WilliamsburgWilliamsburg is an independent city of Virginia located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 11,998. It is bordered by James City County and York County, and is an independent city...
) in the Colony of Virginia. In 1676, he supported
VirginiaThe 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" because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents. The geography and climate of the state are shaped by the Blue...
Governor
William BerkeleySir William Berkeley was a governor of Virginia, appointed by King Charles I, of whom he was a favorite....
during
Bacon's RebellionBacon's Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy planter. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part; a similar uprising in Maryland occurred later that year...
. Later, Ludwell married Berkeley's widow, Frances Culpeper Berkeley of
Green Spring PlantationGreen Spring Plantation in James City County about five miles west of Williamsburg, was the 17th century plantation of one of Colonial Virginia's more popular governors, Sir William Berkeley and his second wife, Frances Stephens Berkeley, whom he wed in 1670.Sir William Berkeley, who served...
,
http://research.history.org/Archaeological_Research/Research_Articles/ThemeVirginia/RichNeck.cfm, her third marriage. Despite her remarriage, she never relinguished her title as Lady Berkeley until she died in the 1690s and was buried at Jamestown.
After serving in the Colony of Carolina, Colonel Ludwell returned to Virginia, where he served as
Speaker of the House of Burgesses in 1695–96. Around 1700 he moved to England, where he died.
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