He would be an individual of some eminence,

他应该是个有权势的人
because the job of doing this requires

因为这项工程
that people should accept his leadership.

需要超群的领导能力
He will have to do the recruiting of people

他需要招募很多人手
that come with him on the colony;

来帮助他去建立殖民地
he will have to do the constitutional discussion and a political discussion

他的提案必须通过立宪讨论和政治会议
to gain the sanction from the mother city

这样母邦才能许可
to allow him to do everything he knows.

他才能建立殖民地
So, I think we should imagine that these leaders of colonies,

所以这些殖民地的统治者
these founders of colonies,

这些创建者
would be probably noblemen and that they would have a position of eminence,

应该是位居高官的贵族
and yet unlikely to be part of the sort of dominant faction in that city,

但还不是大权在握