Thomas Harwood

Captain Thomas Harwood (died 1652) was a Virginia soldier, landowner and politician. He served multiple terms as a burgess in the 1630s and 1640s, and was "one of the chieff of the Mutinous Burgesses" who expelled Governor Sir John Harvey in 1635. He was Speaker of the House of Burgesses 1647–49, and was named to the Council shortly before his death in 1652.[1]

For the English cleric, schoolmaster and antiquarian, see Thomas Harwood (priest).
Thomas Harwood
5th Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
In office
1647–1649
Preceded byAmbrose Harmer
Succeeded byEdward Major
Personal details
BornEngland
Died1652
Virginia
Spouse(s)Grace (1st)
ResidenceQueen Hith Plantation, Warwick County, Virginia

Notes
  1. Kukla, pp. 45-46

References
  • Kukla, Jon (1981). Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1643–1776. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library. ISBN 0-88490-075-4.


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