Sir Thomas Gates

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Sir Thomas Gates was an early 17th-century English colonial governor and military leader who played a key role in the survival and governance of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia.

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Label Occurrences
Sir Thomas Gates canonical 11
Thomas Gates 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English colonial governor ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeInCentury 17th century ⓘ
activeInPeriod early 1600s ⓘ
allegiance England ⓘ
associatedWithEvent early years of Jamestown colony ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Jamestown, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Jamestown

London, England ⓘ
citizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
continentOfActivity North America ⓘ
continentOfOrigin Europe ⓘ
countryGoverned English colony of Virginia ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
fieldOfWork colonial governance ⓘ
military affairs ⓘ
governanceStyle military discipline ⓘ
governedTerritory Jamestown settlement ⓘ
Virginia Colony ⓘ
governmentalJurisdiction English Crown ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England
historicalRole early leader of English America ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped secure continuity of the Virginia Colony ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
implemented strict laws for Jamestown settlers ⓘ
influenced survival of the Jamestown settlement ⓘ
knownFor imposing martial law in early Virginia ⓘ
leadership during crisis periods in Jamestown ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf English colonial leadership in Virginia ⓘ
militaryRank knight ⓘ
notableFor governance of Virginia Colony ⓘ
role in survival of Jamestown colony ⓘ
occupation colonial administrator ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participatedIn early English colonization of North America ⓘ
governance of Jamestown settlement ⓘ
partOf English colonial expansion ⓘ
placeOfActivity Jamestown, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Jamestown

Virginia Colony ⓘ
positionHeld deputy governor of Virginia ⓘ
governor of Jamestown ⓘ
governor of the Virginia Colony ⓘ
precededBy earlier Jamestown leaders ⓘ
regionOfCommand Chesapeake Bay area ⓘ
roleIn establishment of English presence in Virginia ⓘ
succeededBy later governors of Virginia ⓘ
typeOfLeader colonial governor ⓘ
military commander ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virginia Company of London → notableLeader → Sir Thomas Gates ⓘ
Sea Venture → carriedPassenger → Sir Thomas Gates ⓘ
Sea Venture → associatedPerson → Sir Thomas Gates ⓘ
William Strachey → associatedWith → Sir Thomas Gates ⓘ
Deliverance → commandedBy → Sir Thomas Gates ⓘ
Patience → commandedBy → Sir Thomas Gates ⓘ
Starving Time (1609–1610) → significantParticipant → Thomas Gates ⓘ
linked to: Sir Thomas Gates
Gates Fort → namedAfter → Sir Thomas Gates ⓘ