Philip Ludwell III

Phillip C. Ludwell III
Member of the Virginia Governor's Council
Colonel
In office
1751-1760
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing Jamestown
In office
1742–1752
Preceded byLewis Burwell
Succeeded byEdward Champion Travis
Personal details
BornDecember 28, 1716
DiedMarch 25, 1767 (Aged 50)
SpouseFrances Grymes
Children4 daughters, including Lucy Ludwell Paradise
Parent(s)Philip Ludwell Jr. and Hannah Harrison
Alma materCollege of William & Mary
OccupationLawyer, Planter, Soldier, Politician


Philip Cottington Ludwell III (December 28, 1716 – March 25, 1767) was a Virginia planter, soldier and politician who twice represented Jamestown in the House of Burgesses, and like his father and grandfather of the same name also served on the Virginia Governor's Council. Like his grandfather decades earlier, he left his plantations in the care of overseers in 1760 and permanently moved to London, England.[1] In 1738, Ludwell had become the earliest known convert to Eastern Orthodox Christianity in North America, and would translate several religious works from Greek into English.[2]

  1. ^ Martha W. McCartney, Jamestown People to 1800: Landowners, Public Officials, Minorities and Native Leaders (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. ISBN 978-0-8063-1872-1) p. 267
  2. ^ Chapman, Nicholas (November 23, 2009). "Orthodoxy in Colonial Virginia". Orthodox History. The Society for Orthodox History in the Americas. Retrieved November 30, 2016.

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