Augustine Warner Jr.
| Augustine Warner Jr. | |
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Portrait of Col. Augustine Warner Jr.
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| 15th Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses | |
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In office March 1676 – May 1676 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Wynne |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Godwin |
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In office February 1677 – April 2, 1677 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Godwin |
| Succeeded by | William Travers |
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June 3, 1642 Virginia |
| Died | June 19, 1681 (aged 39) Virginia |
| Resting place | Warner Hall, Gloucester County, Virginia |
| Spouse(s) | Mildred Reade |
| Relations | Thomas Warner (grandfather) |
| Residence | Warner Hall, Gloucester County, Virginia |
| Occupation | Planter and Politician |
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| Service/branch | Virginia militia |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Bacon's Rebellion |
Col. Augustine Warner Jr. (1642 – June 19, 1681) was a Virginia politician, planter, and landowner. He served in the House of Burgesses 1666–77 and was its Speaker in two separate sessions in 1676 and 1677, before and after Bacon's Rebellion. He then served on the Governor's Council from about October 1677 until his death.
Warner is the last common ancestor of George Washington and Queen Elizabeth II.
Augustine Warner Jr. was born on June 3, 1642. He was the only son of Augustine Warner Sr., who in 1628 had settled in the Virginia Colony and by 1642 patented the plantation called "Austin's Desire" in Gloucester County, building Warner Hall on the property. The elder Warner served on the Council from 1659 until his death in 1674.
The younger Warner went to London in 1658 and attended the Merchant Taylors' School. He returned to Virginia after finishing his education and married Mildred Reade, daughter of George Reade, Secretary of the Virginia Colony. They settled on a farm in Gloucester County, living there until he inherited Warner Hall in 1674 and assumed his father's position as Colonel of the local county militia.
In March 1676 the General Assembly called by Governor Sir William Berkeley in 1661 held its last session. Warner was elected Speaker, replacing Robert Wynne, who died the previous year. On May 10, as the Nathaniel Bacon crisis was building, Berkeley dissolved the House of Burgesses and called new elections. It is not known if Warner served in the new House that met in June.
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