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Edward Maria Wingfield (* 1550 in der Nähe von Kimbolton Castle, Cambridgeshire; † 13. April 1631 ebenda) war ein britisch-amerikanischer Politiker, Siedler und Soldat. Leben. Wingfield war der Sohn des Politikers Thomas Maria Wingfield und seiner Frau Margaret Kay.
Edward Maria Wingfield, sometimes hyphenated as Edward-Maria Wingfield (1550 in Stonely Priory, near Kimbolton – 1631) was a soldier, Member of Parliament (1593), and English colonist in America. He was the son of Thomas Maria Wingfield, and the grandson of Richard Wingfield.
26. Mai 2017 · Learn about Edward Maria Wingfield, a founding member of the Virginia Company of London and the first president of the Council of Virginia. Explore his early life, military career, colonization efforts, and disputes with John Smith.
Edward Maria Wingfield. Edward-Maria Wingfield was the only member of the Virginia Company s leaders to go to Jamestown to oversee his investment and became the colony s first president. Wingfield came from wealthy stock in England and served in the military in Holland and Ireland.
Captain Edward-Maria Wingfield, of Stonely Priory near Huntingdon, born 1550, a distinguished soldier in the Low Countries and Ireland. One of the Big Eight named in the 1606 Virginia Charter. In 1607 the Founding Father of Jamestown, Virginia. Crews alias Cruwys, Gamaliel, of Swaffham, Norfolk.
WINGFIELD, Edward Maria (c.1550-c.1614), of Stoneley, Hunts. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981. Available from Boydell and Brewer.
In Jamestown Colony: Origins (1606–07) …initiators of the Virginia Company; Edward-Maria Wingfield, a major investor; John Ratcliffe; George Kendall; John Martin; and Capt. John Smith, a former mercenary who had fought in the Netherlands and Hungary. Wingfield became the colony’s first president.
