Edward Byam

Edward Byam was the Governor of Leeward Islands in 1715 and Lieutenant Governor of Antigua between 1715 – 4 December 1741.

He was born in 1662, in Suriname. He was the youngest son of William Byam, a Lieutenant General, and Dorothy Knollys.^[1] In 1707 he was president of Counsil of Antigua. In 1715, Byam was appointed Governor of Leeward Islands and, in the same year, he also was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Antigua, office he occupied until 4 December 1741,^[2] day of his death.^[3][1]

He married Mary Winthrope and they had two children: Edward Byam, (b. Abt. 1685, Antigua) and Mary Byam (b. 13 October 1690, Antigua). Later, he married, again, with Lydia Thomas on 22 July 1703 in Antigua and they had five children: George Byam (b. 24 April 1704, Antigua – d. 12 November 1734), William Byam (b. 3 July 1706, Antigua – d. 26 September 1755, Antigua), Francis Byam (b. 3 May 1709, Antigua – d. July 1757, Antigua), Alice Byam (b. 19 May 1711, in St. Vincent Island - d. date unknown) and Lydia Byam (b. 14 August 1713, Antigua).^[1]

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