Colonel Francis West (1711 – June 28, 1796) was a Virginia planter and at times the Sheriff of King William County in the Colony and Dominion of Virginia and twice represented the same county in the House of Burgesses, the colony's representative assembly.
West was born in King William County, the son of Captain Thomas West and Agnes, both descended from the First Families of Virginia.Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (New York, 1915), vol. 1, pp. 356-357 West was the county Sheriff in 1741. He twice served single terms in the House of Burgesses between 1748–1758.Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp. 81, 87 West also served in the Colonial Defense forces during the French and Indian War.
West was married twice. His first wife was Susannah Littlepage. Francis West married his second wife, Jane Cole, after the death of her second husband Stephen Bingham in 1759.
He died in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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