Francis West

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Francis West (28 October 1586 - February 1634), was a Deputy Governor of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia.

West was the second son of Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr (1618-?) of Wherwell Abbey in Hampshire and his wife, Anne Knollys. As Captain Francis West, he arrived at Jamestown, Virginia in July 1608; he returned there on the Mary Ann Margett in 1610. From November 17, 1627 to March 5, 1629. He was elected to the Governor's Council in 1608. From 1612 to 1617 he was the Commandant of Jamestown. 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.

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. His younger brother, Governor John West (1590-ca 1659) served as Crown Governor of Virginia from 1635-1637. A fourth brother, Nathaniel West died in Virginia in August 1623, aged 30.

  • 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. Wood.
Preceded by
George Yeardley		 Colonial Governor of Virginia
1627-1629		 Succeeded by
John Pott


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