William Drummond (colonial governor)

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This article is about the U.S. colonial governor. For other uses, see William Drummond.

William Drummond (d. 1676) was the first colonial governor of Albemarle Sound settlement in the Province of Carolina and a participant in Bacon's Rebellion. He was Scottish and chosen to be governor by the 8 Lords Proprietor of the colony. Samuel Stephens succeeded him as governor.