Philip Ludwell

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Philip Ludwell
Governor of Carolina
In office
1691–1694
24th Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
In office
1695–1696
Preceded by Thomas Milner
Succeeded by Robert Carter
Personal details
Born 1637/38
Bruton, Somerset, England
Died c. 1716
London
Spouse(s) Lucy Higginson
Lady Frances Berkeley
Children Philip Ludwell, Jr.
Residence James City County, Virginia

Philip Ludwell (1637/38c. 1716) of Rich Neck Plantation in James City County, Virginia is best known for being governor of the British Colony of Carolina from 169194. From a 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, , 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 returned to Virginia, where he served as Speaker of the House of Burgesses in 169596. Around 1700 he moved to England, where he died.

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