Ambrose Harmer

Ambrose Harmer

4th Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
In office 1646–1646
Preceded by	Edmund Scarborough
Succeeded by	Thomas Harwood

Personal details
Died	c. 1663
Spouse(s)	Jane
Residence	James City County, Virginia

Ambrose Harmer (died c.1647) was a Virginia landowner and politician. An opponent of Governor Sir John Harvey, he served on the Council 1639–41 under his successor, Sir Francis Wyatt. He served in the House of Burgesses 1645–46, and was Speaker in the 1646 session.^[1]

Notes

Kukla, Jon (1981). Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1643–1776. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library. ISBN 0-88490-075-4.

Speakers of the Virginia House of Burgesses
Stegg Hill Sr. Scarborough Harmer Harwood Major Dew Chiles Whitby Hill Sr. Moryson Smith Hill Sr. Bland Soane Wynne Warner Godwin Warner Travers Kemp Ballard Hill Jr. Kendall Allen Milner Ludwell Carter W. Randolph Carter Beverley Harrison Beverley McCarty Holloway J. Randolph Robinson P. Randolph

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