Hugh Drysdale

Hugh Drysdale

Colonel Hugh Drysdale [cite book |last=Squires |first=William Henry Tappey|authorlink=William Henry Tappey Squires |title=Through Centuries Three: A Short History of the People of Virginia |publisher=Printcraft Press |date=1929 |pages=262] (d. July 22, 1726) [cite book |last=Custis |first=John |authorlink=John Custis |title=The Letterbook of John Custis IV of Williamsburg, 1717-1741 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |date=2004 |pages=60 |isbn=094561280X] was a British Colonial Governor of Virginia. [Citation |last= |first= |title=The Gentry--James River Plantations: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/jamesriver/gentry.htm |accessdate=2007-09-13] More officially, his title was "Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia". [cite book |last=Maxwell |first=William |authorlink=William Maxwell |title=The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion |publisher=Virginia Historical Society |date=1850 |pages=69] He served as governor from September 1722, until his death in July 1726. [cite book |last=Campbell |first=Charles |authorlink=Charles Campbell |title=History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia |publisher=J.P. Lippincott & Co. |date=1860 |pages=411-412]

Because of the relative peace and calm that marked his time as governor, comparatively little is known about him today. [cite book |last=Flippin |first=Percy Scott |authorlink=Percy Scott Flippin |title=The Royal Government in Virginia, 1624-1775 |publisher=Columbia University Press |date=1918 |pages=121] He is generally held to have been a just and competent leader, [cite book |last=Custis |first=John |authorlink=John Custis |title=The Letterbook of John Custis IV of Williamsburg, 1717-1741 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |date=2004 |pages=60 |isbn=094561280X] though some have questioned his ability to govern. [cite book |last=Brock |first=Robert Alonzo |authorlink=Robert Alonzo Brock |title=Virginia and Virginians |publisher=H.H. Hardesty |date=1888 |pages=39]

ee also

*Colony of Virginia
*Governor's Palace
*List of colonial governors of Virginia
*History of Virginia

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