The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Company" id="mwPA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="London Company">Virginia Company of London</a> is established by royal charter by <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I_of_England" id="mwPQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="James I of England">James I of England</a> with the purpose of establishing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_colonization_of_the_Americas" id="mwPg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British colonization of the Americas">colonial settlements in North America</a>.