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Colony of New Britain

Settlers of the New World

Colony of England
1630 - Present
Flag Coat of arms
Flag of Great Britain Seal
Location of New Britain
Map of New Britain in 1680.
Capital Norfolk
Governor
 •  1638-Present Matthew White
Deputy Governor
 •  1638-Present William Burke
Legislature House of Burgesses
History
 •  Established 1630
 •  Norfolk Assembly 1638
 •  Disestablished N/A

The Colony of New Britain (1630 - Present) is an English settlement on the east coast of North America established in the seventeenth century, and situated south of the Colony of Flaadland. The colony was founded by the London Company, an England-based joint stock company created to pursue colonial settlements in the New World.

The colony was began with the founding of Norfolk in 1630, located on the southern bank of the Burke River. Despite initial outbreaks of disease and conflict with the native population, the introduction of tobacco and other cash crops slowly turned Norfolk, and later New Britain, into a profitably and successful colony. Tobacco would grow into a significant economic force in New Britain and the other southern colonies throughout the seventeenth century.




History[]

Settlements[]

  • Counties
    • Norfolk County (1645)
      • Norfolk (1630) - John Dale
      • Avalon (1635) - Under Norfolk Jurisdiction
    • Henry County (1645)
      • Somersburg (1633) - William Somers
      • Cape Henry (1635) - Under Norfolk Jurisdiction
      • Wessex (1645)
    • Lincoln County (1645)
      • Lincoln (1636) - Francis Harvey
      • Alexandria (1641)
    • Burke County (1645)
      • Fairfax (1644)
  • Unincorporated Areas
    • Williamsport (1646)
    • Camden (1648)


Government[]

Governors of New Britain[]

Provisional Governors (1630-1638)[]

Prior to the Norfolk Assembly the settlements of New Britain were quasi autonomous, while loosely under the protection of the London Company and whatever governor it chose to appoint. During this period the head of the London Company was de jure the head of the colony, although he selected a representative to rule in his name.

  • Thomas Gates (1630-1638, absentee)
    • William Burke (1630-1636)
    • George Percy (1636-1638)

Company Governors (1638-Present)[]

Portrait Governor Term Acting Governors Deputy
1 Adrian Scrope by Robert Walker Matthew White

(1591 -Present)

1 September 1638

-
15 October 1641

William Burke
2 George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem by John Michael Wright James Lee

(1594 -Present)

15 October 1641

-
9 March 1643

3 Edward Montagu Nathaniel Wyatt

(1594 -Present)

9 March 1643

-
15 February 1645

William Burke
(15 May 1644 - 20 December 1644)
George Percy
(20 December 1644 - 1 February 1645)

4 HenryHudson William Burke

(1600 -Present)

15 February 1645

-
9 April 1651

Thomas West
5 Governor William Berkeley (grayscale) George Bennett

(1607 -Present)

9 April 1651

-
10 March 1653

6

Charles Fleetwood

Thomas Jeffreys

(1602 -Present)

10 March 1653

-
2 December 1654

Gilbert Jackson

7 HenryHudson William Burke

(1600 -Present)

2 December 1654

-
5 May 1660

8 Francis nicholson Dahl Gilbert Jackson

(1615 -Present)

5 May 1660

-
10 April 1662

9 Unknown man, formerly known as William Faithorne by Robert Walker Thomas Lee

(1611 -Present)

10 April 1662

-
1 March 1665

10 Henry Ireton Isaac Fauquier

(1619 -Present)

20 November 1665

-
1 April 1673

11 Robert Carter

(1610 -Present)

1 April 1673

-
7 June 1676

12 Edmund Jenings

(1620 -Present)

7 June 1676

-
11 May 1678

13 John Nott

(1619 -Present)

11 May 1678

-
29 August 1680

14 John Dryden

(1635 -Present)

29 August 1680

-
1684

Thomas Smith

15 John Sharpe

(1640 -Present)

20 November 1684

-
1687

16 Benjarmin Hart

(1631 -Present)

20 November 1687

-
1688

17 John Brooke

(1635 -Present)

20 November 1688

-
8 May 1692

18 Benjarmin Hart

(1631 -Present)

11 July 1693

-
1 April 1695

18

George Hamilton
1st Earl of Orkney
(1666 -Present)

1 April 1695

-
8 August 1700

19

James Blair
(1663 -Present)

8 August 1700

-
Present


Governors of Norfolk[]

  • William Burke (1630 - 1638)
    • George Percy (1636 - 1638)
  • John Dale (1636 - 1642)
  • Nathaniel Wyatt (1642 - 1643)
  • George Percey (1643 - 1645)
    • George Carter (1644 - 1645)
    • James Lockey (1645)
  • Nathaniel Wyatt (1645 - Present)
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