YEARDLEY, SIR GEORGE
\jˈi͡ədlɪ], \jˈiədlɪ], \j_ˈiə_d_l_ɪ]\
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(1580-1627), was an early immigrant to Virginia from England, and was appointed Deputy-Governor in 1616. He was displaced by Samuel Argall, but was appointed Governor in 1619, and convened the first representative assembly in the Western Hemisphere. He was succeeded by Sir Francis Wyatt in 1621, but again held office from 1626 till his death.
By John Franklin Jameson
