Samuel Mathews (colonial Virginia governor)
Lt. Col. Samuel Mathews | |
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| Governor of the Virginia Colony | |
| In office 1657-1660 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Digges |
| Succeeded by | William Berkeley |
| Member of the Virginia Governor's Council | |
| In office 1656-1660 | |
| Member of the House of Burgesses for Warwick County, Virginia | |
| In office 1651-1654 Serving with William Whitby | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Harwood |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Davis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1630 |
| Died | January 1660 (aged 29–30) |
| Spouse | Mary Plumley |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) | Samuel Mathews Sr., Frances Grenville |
| Profession | Governor, military officer, planter |
Lt. Col. Samuel Mathews (1630–1660), Commonwealth Governor of Virginia, of Warwick County in the English Colony of Virginia, was a member of the House of Burgesses, the Governor's Council, and served as Commonwealth Governor of Virginia from 1656 until he died in office in January 1660 (1659 A.S.). There was no Royal Governorship at the time of the "Protectorate", and the Governor technically answered to the Cromwellian Parliament, although Royalist sentiment was prevalent in the colony of Virginia at this time. The former Royalist governor Berkeley arrived to replace him on March 13, 1660.