John Holloway (c.1666 – December 14, 1734) was a politician and lawyer in the British
colony of Virginia
The Colony of Virginia, chartered in 1606 and settled in 1607, was the first enduring English colonial empire, English colony in North America, following failed attempts at settlement on Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland by Sir Humphrey GilbertG ...
. He served as
Speaker of the House of Burgesses 1720–34, as treasurer of the colony 1723–34, and was the first mayor of
Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg is an Independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 15,425. Located on the Virginia Peninsula ...
1722–23.
[Kukla, pp. 113-18]
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1666 births
1734 deaths
Speakers of the Virginia House of Burgesses
Mayors of Williamsburg, Virginia
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