WEST, Sir Thomas II, 3rd Lord De La Warr^[1]

1577 - 1618  (40 years)   Has no ancestors but 5 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	WEST, Thomas
  Title	Sir
  Suffix	II, 3rd Lord De La Warr
  Birth	9 Jul 1577	Wherwell, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Jun 1618	Buried or Lost at Sea
  Death	7 Jun 1618	Atlantic Ocean   [1]
  	Sir Thomas West, son of Sir Tomas West and Anne Knowles, grandson of Sir William West and Elizabeth Strange, Sir Francis Knowles and Katherine Carey. Husband of Cecily Shirley, daughter of Sir Thomas Shirley. They married at Fleet Street, London on 25 Nov 1602 and had six children, four of which survived: Henry, Robert, Lucy (Mrs. Robert Byron) and Cecily (Mrs. John Byron). Sir Thomas was the first Lord Governor and Captain General of Virginia, 1610. He arrived at Jamestown June of 1610 just in time to save the colony from abandonment by the colonists, convincing them to stay despite the Powhatans had killed their council president, Lord Ratcliffe. West, in turn, practiced Indian like tactics against the Indians, victoriously. Thomas left a deputy, Samuel Argall in charge and returned to England and published, "The Relation of the Right Honourable the Lord De-La-Warre, of the Colonie, Planted in Virginia" in 1611. Receiving complaints about Argall's methods of governing, Thomas set sail for Virginia in 1618, and died en route to the colonies. Thanks to Anne Shurtleff Stevens for the bio. ? s/o Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr, of Wherwell & Anne Knollys d/o Catherine Carey, making him a great-grandson of Mary Boleyn. He married, Cecily Shirley 1581-1662 "Archaeologists will continue searching the church site and expect to eventually find the burial of Sir Thomas West, the early Governor of Virginia who led a rescue mission to save Jamestown when the colony was collapsing" He was also known as 3rd Baron Lord De La Warr, was the namesake of the Delaware colony. brother, John West Ferdinand Wainman & William West, also of the Jamestown Colony, were both related to the powerful baron. Gravesite Details Specifically: He died en route to Virginia and was thought to have been buried in the Azore Islands or at sea until recent research concluded his body was brought to Jamestown for burial. [1]
  Age	40 years
  Person ID	P4147	Dutton Ancestry
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	SHIRLEY, Lady Cecily           b. 1581, Southbourne, Sussex, England           d. 31 Jul 1662, Hampshire, England (Age 81 years)  [1]
  Children	+ 1. WEST, Martha Ann           b. 11 Dec 1615, Brighton, Sussex, England           d. 16 Dec 1700, King William, King William County, Virginia, USA (Age 85 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] m. WOODWARD, William (1636)
  Family ID	F6419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2025

  
  

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  		Birth - 9 Jul 1577 - Wherwell, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England Death - 7 Jun 1618 - Atlantic Ocean  = Link to Google Earth
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