Between that period and 1625, Mr. Warner was employed in voyaging backwards and forwards from St. Christopher’s and England, leaving the cares of the government to his son, Edward Warner, (of whom Du Tertre speaks very handsomely,) until, having gained a friend and patron in the Earl of Carlisle, he was introduced at the court of the then reigning sovereign, Charles I. This monarch was so pleased with Mr. Warner’s indefatigable and patriotic spirit, that he was graciously pleased to grant him a commission, (signed 13th Sept. 1625,) constituting him governor over the “foure islands of St. Christopher’s, Nevis, Barbados, and Mountserrate,”[2] and on the 21st September, 1629, knighted him at Hampton Court Palace.[3] Some of Sir Thomas Warner’s descendants have filled the highest situations in Antigua, administering the government at times. Nor is the family extinct, for many there are who can trace their descent in a direct line from this great founder of four flourishing colonies. One of these was in 1838 “gathered to his fathers;” he was esteemed as an able legislator, and fulfilled his duties as president of the council, brigadier-general of the militia, and occasionally lieutenant-governor, with integrity. As this family ranks among the first aristocrats of the island, a more particular account of their lineal descent may not be deemed superfluous, and will be found in the Appendix, No. 2. ------ [1] The names of these adventurous few were as follows:—William Tasted, John Rhodes, Robert Bims, Mr. Benifield, Sergeant Jones, Mr. Ware, William Ryle, Rowland Grasscocke, Mr. Bond, Mr. Langley, Mr. Weaver, Sergeant Aplon, one sailor, and a cook. [2] Vide copy of the first commission granted, No. 1, Appendix. [3] Sir Thomas Warner died at St Christopher’s in 1648. His tomb is still to be met with in the parish church for the township of Old Road, (a place which derives its name from the involuntary exclamation of Columbus upon his second visit to St. Christopher’s, “Ah! we are at the _old road_ again,”) the inscription upon which is as follows:— An Epitaph vpon Th------------------- Noble & Mvch Lamented Genrl Sir Tho. Warner, Kt Lievtenant General of ye Carribee Ielands & Goverr of ye Ieland of St Christopher Who Departed This Life the 10th of March 1648.