Augustine Warner Jr.

Colonel Augustine Warner Jr. (June 3, 1642 – June 19, 1681) was a Virginian planter, military officer and politician. Warner is the last common ancestor of George Washington and King Charles III.

Early life Augustine Warner Jr. was born on June 3, 1642. He was the only son of Augustine Warner Sr., who in 1628 had settled in the Virginia Colony and by 1642 had established a plantation called "Austin's Desire" in Gloucester County, building Warner Hall on the property, and wife Mary Townley. The elder Warner served on the Council from 1659 until shortly before his death in 1674.

The younger Warner went to London in 1658 and attended the Merchant Taylors' School. He returned to Virginia after finishing his education and married Mildred Reade, daughter of George Reade, Secretary of the Virginia Colony.

Planter and burgess Warner settled on a farm in Gloucester County, living there until he inherited Warner Hall in 1674.

Bacon's Rebellion In March 1676 the General Assembly called by Governor Sir William Berkeley in 1661 held its last session. Warner was elected Speaker, replacing Robert Wynne, who died the previous year. On May 10, as the Nathaniel Bacon crisis was building, Berkeley dissolved the House of Burgesses and called new elections. It is not known if Warner served in the new House that met in June.

Death, legacy and descendants Warner died June 19, 1681, and was interred at Warner Hall. of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.