Philip Ludwell

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Philip Ludwell (1638-1723) of Richneck Plantation in James City County, Virginia is best known for being the royal governor of the British Colony of Carolina from 1692 to 1693. From as base in the coastal port city of Charleston, he was governor of the entire Colony of Carolina. (the northern and southern settlements were under a common government from 1691 until 1708.

Colonel Ludwell and his brother Thomas Ludwell, were both prominent citizens of Middle Plantation (which later became Williamsburg) in the Colony of Virginia. In 1676, he supported Virginia Governor William Berkeley during Bacon's Rebellion. Later, Ludwell married Berkeley's widow, Frances Culpeper Berkeley of Green Spring Plantation, [1], her third marriage. Despite her remarriage, she never relinguished her title as Lady Berkeley until she died in the 1690s and was buried at Jamestown.

After serving in the Colony of Carolina, Colonel Ludwell return to England, where he died.