Edward Maria Wingfield (1550–1631 [1]) 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.

May 26, 2017 · Edward Maria Wingfield was a founding member of the Virginia Company of London and the first president of the Council of Virginia, a group of Jamestown settlers appointed by the company to make local decisions for the colony.

May 20, 2023 · Captain Edward Maria Wingfield, sometimes hyphenated as Edward-Maria Wingfield, (born 1550 in Stonely, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire), England; died in 1631)[2] was a soldier, Member of Parliament, (1593) and English colonist in America.

When Edward Maria Wingfield was born in 1550, in Cambridgeshire, England, his father, Sir Thomas Maria Wingfield M.P., was 35 and his mother, Margaret Kaye, was 21. He immigrated to Jamestown, Virginia, British Colonial America in 1607.

Aug 4, 2024 · Alongside his brother, Captain Thomas Maria Wingfield, for at least four years, Edward fought as a foot company commander (i.e. commander of 100 pike-wielding soldiers) in the Low Countries for the Dutch Republic against Spanish invaders, including in 1586 at …

Wingfield played a crucial role in 1605-08; his extensive contacts (so often used to denigrate him as an aristocratic hack) and his steady input, greatly benefited the colony. He was a soldier, Member of Parliament, (1593) and English colonist in America.

Although Edward Maria Wingfield is well known by reason of his part in the settlement of Virginia, he has not previously been identified with the ‘Edward Wingfeild esquire’ who sat in the Parliament of 1593.

Wingfield became the colony’s first president. Smith had been accused of plotting a mutiny during the ocean voyage and…

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.

Edward Maria Wingfield qualifies for Founder of Jamestown on all three counts. He was an incorporator of the 1st Virginia Charter, contributed the huge sum of -L-88 [=$15,000 today], one of the very largest investments, was the only adventurer to sail to Jamestown (as cited) and, as the elected first President, built James Fort - described by ...