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Beverley, Cole Diggs, John Robinson and Edward Hill, who seemed more amenable to the governor. However, the appointments required approval of the Board of Trade in London. On April 9, 1719, the Board of Trade approved Peter Beverley's appointment to replace William Byrd, but Byrd petitioned to retain his seat, and the petition was granted. Thus, on May 31, 1720, the Board of Trade instead approved Beverley's appointment to succeed a Councilor who had died, John Smith. Beverley was sworn in on October 31, 1720 and served until his death. In 1723, he relinquished the office of treasurer to
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Secretary (a position he transferred to his half-brother Robert Beverley in October 1693). In 1694, Peter Beverley became Clerk of Gloucester County, a position he continued to hold until 1719 or 1720. From 1695 until 1699, Peter Beverley also served on the committee to revise the colony's laws, and when that completed, became the Burgess' clerk until 1705 (including while he was also speaker of the body). Meanwhile, on October 20, 1698, the statehouse burned, and he and his half-brother Robert saved and then re-organized the public records.
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Beverley began wielding power in the colony as a whole in 1691, when both Lt. Governor
Francis Nicholson and the House of Burgesses elected him as its clerk, the position his father had held for a decade. That became the first of several joint appointments, including as clerk of the General Court and
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had many disagreements with members of his
Advisory Council, whose members previous governors had appointed and who normally served for the remainder of their lives. Gov. Spotswood proposed to replace four recalcitrant Councilors (James Blair, Philip Ludwell John Smith and William Byrd(11674-1744))
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Gloucester County elected Peter Beverley as one of their representatives in the House of Burgesses. He won re-election and would serve until 1714. Also, members of the body elected him as its speaker on December 7, 1700 (defeating two other candidates) and he served in that post
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with his father, step-mother and soon his half-siblings. As the firstborn son, Peter
Beverley acted as this father's agent in numerous land transactions which built a substantial estate in four counties. Around 1686, Peter Beverley became a licensed lawyer in the colony. Furthermore, although the
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William & Mary College board, which appointed surveyors for the colony, appointed Beverley as the colony's deputy surveyor general. The following summer, for about a year, Beverley also served as auditor general of the royal revenue.
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William and John Randolph's brothers (Richard) married a lineal descendant of Pocahontas and later marriages among Randolph cousins linked Randolph descendants to her legacy, Peyton Randolph was not her descendant.
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Council meeting of December 11, 1728, and Governor William Gooch reported Beverley's death to the Board of Trade on March 26, 1729.
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crown had suspended his father from his public offices, Peter Beverley was appointed Middlesex County's surveyor, which Governor Effingham would later characterized as the county's most lucrative post.
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the House declared the College unworthy of a seat in the body, and so ruled that election improper and unseated Beverley. However, Beverley continued to act as the colony's Treasurer until 1723.
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