Edward Nott

Colonel Edward Nott, Esq.[1][2] (1657[3] – August 23, 1706) was a British Colonial Governor of Virginia. He was appointed by Queen Anne on either April 25, 1705[4] or August 15, 1705.[5] His administration lasted only one year, as he died in 1706[6] at the age of 49.[7] He is interred at Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia.[8] He is noted as having been a "mild, benevolent man."[9]

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References
  1. Squires, William Henry Tappey (1929). Through Centuries Three: A Short History of the People of Virginia. Printcraft Press, inc. p. 248.
  2. Beverley, Robert (1855). The History of Virginia: In Four Parts. J. W. Randolph. pp. 88.
  3. Brock, R.A. (1888). Virginia and Virginians. H.H. Hardesty. pp. 32.
  4. Kennedy, John Pendleton (1905). Calendar of Transcripts: Including the Annual Report of the Department of Archives and History. Davis Bottom. pp. 275.
  5. Flippin, Percy Scott (1919). The Royal Government in Virginia, 1624-1775. Columbia University Press. pp. 116.
  6. Arthur, Timothy Shay (1853). The History of Virginia, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Lippincott, Grambo & Co. pp. 207.
  7. Campbell, Charles (1860). History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia. J. B. Lippincott Company. p. 876.
  8. Meade, William (1891). Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. J. B. Lippincott Company. pp. 194–195.
  9. Campbell, Charles (1860). History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia. J. B. Lippincott Company. p. 876.


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