William Byrd ( 1674 - 1744 )

Birth: Virginia (28 March 1674) Death: Westover, Virginia (26 August 1744) Education: Educated in England at Christopher Glasscock's School (1684); Middle Temple (admitted 1692) Career: Travelled to Holland (1690); returned to Virginia (1692); Member of the House of Burgesses (1692); returned to England; called to the Bar (1695); Agent for Virginia in London (1698); returned to Virginia on the death of his father (1704); Receiver General of Virginia (1706); Member of the Council of State (1709); one of the Commissioners to run the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina (1728); surveyed the bounds of the Northern Neck (1736); President of the Council (1743) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 29/04/1696 Council: 1697, 1698-1700, 1702.