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  1. Sir Thomas Gates (died 1622) was the governor of Jamestown in the English Colony of Virginia (now the Commonwealth of Virginia, part of the United States of America ). His predecessor, George Percy, through inept leadership, was responsible for the lives lost during the period called the Starving Time.

  2. May 24, 2017 · Sir Thomas Gates served as governor of Virginia in 1610 and then as lieutenant governor from 1611 until 1614.

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  3. British colonial governor. Learn about this topic in these articles: history of Jamestown Colony. In Jamestown Colony: First years (1607–09) The company determined that Thomas Gates would hold that position for the first year of the new charter. He sailed for Virginia in June with a fleet of nine ships and hundreds of new colonists.

  4. Jun 20, 2022 · Sir Thomas Gates (fl. 1585–1621), followed George Percy as governor of Jamestown, the English colony of Virginia (now the Commonwealth of Virginia, part of the United States of America). Percy, through inept leadership, was responsible for the lives lost during the period called the "starving time".

  5. Sir Thomas Gates is deputy governor until the arrival of Thomas West, Lord De La Warr, the newly appointed governor of Jamestown. The Virginia Company sends the Reverend Richard Buck to Jamestown to be the colony's first chaplain.

  6. Apr 1, 2023 · Sir Thomas Gates served as governor of Jamestown, Virginia in 1610 and then as lieutenant governor from 1611 until 1614. [1] He arrived in Jamestown in 1611 on the Category: Sea Venture, sailed June 18, 1609 [2] [3] [4] In the southwest of England, he served in the West Indies with Sir Francis Drake and fought with Robert Devereux ...

  7. Governor Thomas Gates – Sea Ventures. Sir Thomas Gates was born in Colyford, Devon. In 1585, he was a part of Sir Francis Drake’s expedition in the Caribbean to fight the Spanish. After attacking Cartagena and Saint Augustine, he helped bring the Roanoke colonists back to England.