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Colonel Augustine Warner Jr. (1642 – June 19, 1681) was a Virginia politician, planter, and landowner. He served in the House of Burgesses 1666–77 and was its
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in two separate sessions in 1676 and 1677, before and after
Bacon's Rebellion Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion held by Virginia settlers that took place from 1676 to 1677. It was led by Nathaniel Bacon against Colonial Governor William Berkeley, after Berkeley refused Bacon's request to drive Native American ...
. He then served on the Governor's Council from about October 1677 until his death.Kukla, pp. 65–67 Warner is the
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and
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.Albert H. Spencer, ''Genealogy of the Spencer family'' (1956)
p. v (snippet)
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Early life

Augustine Warner Jr. was born on June 3, 1642. He was the only son of Augustine Warner Sr., who in 1628 had settled in the Virginia Colony and by 1642 patented the plantation called "Austin's Desire" in Gloucester County, building
Warner Hall Warner Hall is a historic plantation in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. Augustine Warner, progenitor of many prominent First Families of Virginia, and great-great-grandfather of President George Washington established the plantation ...
on the property. The elder Warner served on the Council from 1659 until his death in 1674. The younger Warner went to London in 1658 and attended the Merchant Taylors' School. He returned to Virginia after finishing his education and married Mildred Reade, daughter of George Reade, Secretary of the Virginia Colony. They settled on a farm in Gloucester County, living there until he inherited Warner Hall in 1674 and assumed his father's position as Colonel of the local county militia.


Bacon's Rebellion

In March 1676 the
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called by Governor Sir William Berkeley in 1661 held its last session. Warner was elected Speaker, replacing
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, who died the previous year. On May 10, as the Nathaniel Bacon crisis was building, Berkeley dissolved the House of Burgesses and called new elections. It is not known if Warner served in the new House that met in June. Fighting began in late July. Warner remained loyal to Berkeley, joining his forces. Bacon captured Jamestown and burned it on September 19, then crossed the York River and seized Warner Hall. Bacon died in October, but the rebellion continued until early January 1677. Warner served on a court-martial headed by Berkeley on January 11, 1677. Berkeley called for elections, and Warner was elected Speaker of the new House when it convened in February. The Assembly met until early April. It revoked all acts of the June 1676 Assembly, and then reenacted some.


Later years

In late September – early October 1677 Warner was appointed to the Council. Although he was aligned with the " Green Spring faction" of Berkeley loyalists after Berkeley's removal as governor, he was not removed from the Council, unlike such diehards as
Philip Ludwell Philip Cottington Ludwell (1638 – 1723) was an English-born planter and colonial official who sat on the Virginia Governor's Council and briefly served as speaker of the House of Burgesses. Ludwell, in addition to operating plantations in Vi ...
and
Thomas Ballard Colonel Thomas Ballard (1630/31 – March 24, 1689/90) was a prominent colonial Virginia landowner and politician who played a role in Bacon's Rebellion. He served on the Governor's Council 1670–79 and was Speaker of the Virginia House ...
. Warner sued
William Byrd I William Byrd I (1652 – December 4, 1704) was an English-born Virginia colonist and politician. He came from Shadwell, London where his father John Bird (c. 1620–1677) was a goldsmith. His family's ancestral roots were in Cheshire. Personal li ...
, a sometime ally of Bacon, for the damage the rebels had done to Warner Hall. Byrd claimed in his defense that he was Bacon's captive, not his supporter, and was not responsible. Warner died June 19, 1681, and was interred at Warner Hall.


Legacy and descendants

Warner Hall Warner Hall is a historic plantation in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. Augustine Warner, progenitor of many prominent First Families of Virginia, and great-great-grandfather of President George Washington established the plantation ...
, although looted in Bacon's Rebellion discussed above, survives today and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980. Abingdon Church, the second building built on land Warner donated for spiritual purposes, also remains in use today, although with periods of disuse and disrepair, and has been listed on the National Register since 1970. Warner also has many descendants and is the
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and
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. His daughter Mildred was the grandmother of Washington, while his daughter Mary was an ancestor of the Queen's mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Warner was also the great-great-grandfather of explorer
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Warner, Augustine Jr. 1642 births 1681 deaths People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood People from Gloucester County, Virginia Speakers of the Virginia House of Burgesses Virginia Governor's Council members