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Hugh Drysdale , Lt. Governor of Virginia 1722-1726

                                         Hugh Drysdale 

  Below :  photos of original  documents supposedly signed by Hugh .

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Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on August 1, 2021 at 15:07

TIMELINE
1672—1673 In one of these two years, Hugh Drysdale is born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, the son of an Anglican clergyman.
May 8, 1688 Hugh Drysdale matriculates at Trinity College, Dublin.
February 1692 Hugh Drysdale enters Queen's College, University of Oxford.
1694 With the appellation gentleman, Hugh Drysdale is commissioned an ensign and embarks on a career in the army.
1701—1703 Hugh Drysdale serves in the English army in Ireland.
1709—1713 Hugh Drysdale is a major in the English army and second in command of a marine regiment under a nephew of the duke of Marlborough.
1722 By this year, Hugh Drysdale is retired from the English army and married to a woman named Hester.
April 3, 1722 Hugh Drysdale is appointed lieutenant governor of Virginia after the king's ministers decide to replace Alexander Spotswood.
September 27, 1722 Hugh Drysdale takes the oaths of office as lieutenant governor of Virginia in Williamsburg, and with his wife Hester takes up residence in the governor's palace.
May 1723 Lieutenant Governor Hugh Drysdale summons the General Assembly and proposes reforms to the militia laws and the laws governing crimes committed by slaves, which help calm fears following rumors of an insurrection.
May 1726 Lieutenant Governor Hugh Drysdale summons the General Assembly for a second time for the dispatch of largely routine business.
July 22, 1726 Lieutenant Governor Hugh Drysdale dies in Williamsburg. He is buried in the yard of Bruton Parish Church there.
https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/drysdale-hugh-1672-or-1673...
Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on June 27, 2021 at 15:44

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Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on June 27, 2021 at 15:43

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