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The Governor's Council, also known as the Privy Council and Council of State, was the upper house of the legislature of the Colony of Virginia (the House of Burgesses being the other house). It also served as an advisory body to the royal governor and as the highest judicial body in the colony.
The governor of Virginia is the state's head of government and commander-in-chief of the state's official national guard.The first Constitution of 1776 created the office of governor, to be elected annually by the Virginia State Legislature.
Governor Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham (1684–1692, absentee from 1688) Gen. Joseph Bridger (1684) President of the Council Nathaniel Bacon (1688–1690) Lieutenant Governor Francis Nicholson (1690–1692) Governor Sir Edmund Andros (1692–1698) Governor George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (1698–1737, absentee)
Pages in category "Virginia Governor's Council members" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Eventual Governor of Virginia Colony. ... Captain Peter Wynne (Winne), appointed to the Council (d. April 1609) ... A Documentary History of Virginia, 1606-1700 ...
Together with the Governor's Council, the House of Burgesses made up the "General Assembly". The Governor's Council was composed of 12 men appointed by the British monarch to advise the governor. The council also served as the "General Court" of the colony, a colonial equivalent of a Supreme Court. Members of the House of Burgesses were chosen ...
Lists of governors of Virginia are lists of governors of the American state of Virginia. They include colonial governors before the United States declared independence, and governors since that date. List of colonial governors of Virginia (1585–1775). List of governors of Virginia, covers post-colonial governors (1775–present).
On July 30, 1619, Governor Yeardley convened the Virginia General Assembly as the first representative legislature in the Americas for a six-day meeting at the new timber church on Jamestown Island, Virginia. The unicameral Assembly was composed of the Governor, a Council of State appointed by the Virginia Company, and the 22 locally elected ...