Everything about Norborne Berkeley 4th Baron Botetourt totally explained
Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt (
1718 –
October 15,
1770) was a British noble and a governor of the
Virginia Colony from
1768 to
1770.
Life
Before coming to Virginia he was (as Norborne Berkeley)
Member of Parliament for
Gloucestershire 1741-1763. He then obtained his peerage, when it was called out of
abeyance in
1764, the third holder of the title having died in
1406.
Lord Botetourt resided in the
Governor's Palace on Duke of Gloucester Street, now a major attraction of
Colonial Williamsburg in the
Historic Triangle. Although a popular governor, Lord Botetourt served only two years. Also during his time as governor, he was a member of the
Board of Visitors of the
College of William and Mary in
Williamsburg, Virginia, and had an illegitimate son,
Charles Thompson. He died suddenly while still in office in
1770 and was buried in the crypt under the Chapel in the
Wren Building at William and Mary.
Tale of Two Statues
A statue of Lord Botetourt was placed in the Capitol in Williamsburg in
1773. The Capital of Colonial Virginia was located in Williamsburg from 1699 until 1780, but at the urging of Governor
Thomas Jefferson, was moved to
Richmond for security reasons during the
American Revolution.
The statue of Lord Botetourt was acquired by the
College of William and Mary and moved to the campus from the former Capitol building in
1801. Barring a brief period during the
Civil War when it was moved to the
Public Asylum for safety, it stood in the College Yard until 1958 when it was removed for protection from the elements, and then installed in the new
Earl Gregg Swem Library in 1966 in the new Botetourt Gallery. In
1993, as the College celebrated its Tercentenary (300th anniversary), a new statue of Lord Botetourt, created in bronze by William and Mary alumnus,
Gordon Kray, was installed in the College Yard in front of the
Wren Building, in the place occupied for so many years by the original.
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Named for Him
Botetourt County, Virginia, was named in Lord Botetourt's honour. Historians also believe that
Berkeley County, West Virginia, and the town of
Berkeley Springs, both now in
West Virginia, were also named in his honour, or possibly that of another popular colonial governor,
Sir William Berkeley.
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Lord Botetourt High School in the unincorporated town of
Daleville in Botetourt County, Virginia is also named in his honour.
Also, the Botetourt Dorm Complex at
The College of William and Mary is named in honour of Lord Botetourt.
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