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HENRY WRIOTHESLEY

Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton was an English colonist. He was born in 1573 and died in 1624. He was active in the colonization of America, sending, among others, expeditions under Bartholomew Gosnold in 1602, and under Lord Arundel in 1605. He was treasurer (i. e., president) of the Virginia Company from 1620.
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