Francis West (28 October 1586 - February 1634), was a Deputy Governor of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine The Colony of Virginia (also known frequently as the Virginia Colony and occasionally as the Dominion and Colony of Virginia) was the English colony

West was the second son of Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr (1618-?) of Wherwell Abbey in Hampshire and his wife, Anne Knollys. Thomas West 2nd (or 11th Baron De La Warr (c 1556 &ndash 1602 of Wherwell Abbey in the English county of Hampshire was a member of Elizabeth I Wherwell is a village in Hampshire, England. The village is located on the River Test. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain Anne Knollys (known after her marriage as Anne West Lady De La Warr) (1553– 30 August 1608) was a lady at the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England

As Captain Francis West, he arrived at Jamestown, Virginia in July 1608; he returned there on the Mary Ann Margett in 1610. Jamestown, located on Jamestown Island in the Virginia Colony, was founded on May 14 1607 From November 17, 1627 to March 5, 1629. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a He was elected to the Governor's Council in 1608. From 1612 to 1617 he was the Commandant of Jamestown. From July 30 through August 4, 1619 he served as an appointed representative in Jamestown's first Legislative Assembly. This was the first House of Burgesses appointed by Governor Sir George Yeardley. The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first elected lower house in the legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia in Sir George Yeardley (1587 - 1627 was a Plantation owner and three time colonial Governor of the British Colony of Virginia. In 1622 he was appointed as Admiral to New England. He served as Deputy Governor of Virginia. He also served as Captain General of Virginia.

His land was in Elizabeth City, south of the land of James Knott in 1632. Elizabeth City is a City in Pasquotank and Camden counties in the U James Proctor Knott ( August 29, 1830 June 18, 1911) was the Attorney General of Missouri at the outset of the

He died in February 1634. His elder brother, Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577-1618), had served as a governor of the Virginia Company of London from 1610-1611. Thomas West 3rd (or 12th Baron De La Warr ( July 9, 1577 &ndash June 7, 1618) was the Englishman after whom the bay, The London Company (also called the Charter of the Virginia Company of London) was an English Joint stock company established by royal charter by His younger brother, Governor John West (1590-ca 1659) served as Crown Governor of Virginia from 1635-1637. John West (1590-1659 was the colonial Governor of Virginia from 1635 to 1637 A fourth brother, Nathaniel West died in Virginia in August 1623, aged 30.

Source

• Nugent, Nell Marion; Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. Vol. 1. 1623-1666. Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond, Virginia 1936
• Powhatan's Mantle: Indians in the Colonial Southeast by Peter H. This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Wood.

External links

• http://www.nps.gov/archive/colo/Jthanout/RepAssem.html