| Authorised form of name | Byrd; William (1674 - 1744) |
| Surname | Byrd |
| Forenames | William |
| Dates | 1674 - 1744 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Birth:
Virginia (28 March 1674)
Death:
Westover, Virginia (26 August 1744) |
| Activity | 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) |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
29/04/1696
Council:
1697, 1698-1700, 1702 |
| Relationships | Son of William Byrd of Virginia and his wife, Mary, daughter of Warham Horsmanden, a Royalist refugee.
Married: Lucy, daughter of General Daniel Parke; 2) Maria, daughter of Thomas Taylor of Kensington |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DAB; Hunter; MT
References:
John H Appleby, 'Ginseng and the Royal Society' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 121-145
Notes:
MT gives father as William Byrd of the parish of St Katherine Cree, London |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/71428126 |
| Royal Society code | NA8157 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| CLP/14i/44 | Paper, 'An account of a negro-boy [sic] that is spotted in severall places of his body with white spotts' by Wm [William] Byrd | [1697] |
| RBO/7/67 | Account of a black boy who developed white spots on his skin by William Byrd | nd |