Edward Digges was an English barrister and colonist who became a premier tobacco planter and official in the Virginia colony. The son of the English politician Dudley Digges represented the colony before the Virginia Company of London and the royal government, as well as served for two decades on the colony's Council of State. Digges served as interim Colonial Governor of Virginia from March 1655 to December 1656, and for longer periods as the colony's receiver general and auditor-general. He is also known for planting mulberry trees and promoting the silk industry in the colony.
- Occupation
- barrister, governor, plantation owner
- Position held
- colonial governor of Virginia
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
