William Byrd I was an English-born Virginia colonist, planter, and politician. In Virginia, the spelling Byrd became standard, and several further generations of his descendants would share the same name, as well as hold important political offices and, increasingly, operate plantations using enslaved labor.
- Occupation
- writer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1652
- Died
- December 4, 1704
