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He served as a soldier both in Ireland and the Low Countries , was one of the patentees of Virginia in 1606 , and in 1607 accompanied the first colonists to Jamestown . He was elected president of the Council ( May 15 , 1607), but his arbitrary manners, the fact that he was a Roman Catholic , and the suspicion that he was friendly toward Spain led to his deposition in September. He returned to England in April 1608 , and died after 1613 . His amplified diary, entitled ''A Discourse of Virginia'', was published in ''Archaeologia Americana'', vol. IV. (Worcester, 1860), with introduction and notes by Charles Deane . REFERENCES |