Ralph Wormeley Jr.

Ralph Wormeley Jr.
Member of the Virginia Governor's Council
In office
1675–1701
Member of the House of Burgesses for Middlesex County
In office
1669–1675
Serving with Walter Whitaker
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byJohn Burnham
Personal details
Born1650 (1650)
Rosegill plantation, Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia
Died1701 (aged 50–51)
Rosegill plantation, Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia
RelativesRalph Wormeley Sr.(father)
Ralph Wormeley IV (grandson)
Ralph Wormeley V(great grandson)
Alma materOxford University
Occupationplanter, politician
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Ralph Wormeley Jr. (1651-1701) was a planter and politician who represented Middlesex County in the House of Burgesses before being elevated to the Virginia Governor's Council and serving as the colony's secretary and briefly as its acting governor. He further developed his father's Rosegill plantation, now on the National Register for Historic Places, as well as operated several plantations in adjoining Tidewater counties using enslaved labor.

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