Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1572)

Samuel Argall

16/17th-century English naval officer and colonial official in Virginia

Sir Samuel Argall was an English sea captain, navigator, and Deputy-Governour of Virginia, an English colony.

List of colonial governors of Virginia

Some of those who held the lead role as governor of Virginia never visited the New World and governed through deputies resident in the colony. Others, such as Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, held the lead role for many years but were in Virginia for only a short portion of…