Sir Edmund Andros

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Sir Edmund Andros was a 17th-century English colonial administrator best known for his unpopular, authoritarian rule over several North American colonies under royal appointment.

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Sir Edmund Andros canonical 4
Edmund Andros 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English colonial administrator
person
royal governor
arrestedDuring Boston revolt of 1689
arrestedIn Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
birthCountry England
birthDate 1637-12-06
birthPlace London, England
surface form: London
burialPlace St Anne’s Church, Soho, London
causeOfDownfall Glorious Revolution
deathCountry England
deathDate 1714-02-24
deathPlace London, England
surface form: London
employer Kingdom of England
surface form: English Crown

Stuart period
surface form: Stuart monarchy
fullName Sir Edmund Andros self-linksurface differs
surface form: Edmund Andros
honorificPrefix Sir
legacy widely unpopular among New England colonists
militaryRank colonel
monarchDuringReign Charles II of England
James II of England
Mary II of England
William III of England
nationality English
notableFor authoritarian rule in New England
enforcement of Navigation Acts in the American colonies
governorship of the Dominion of New England
occupation colonial administrator
soldier
parent Amice
surface form: Amice Andros

Elizabeth Stone
participatedIn Franco-Dutch War
Second Anglo-Dutch War
policy strict enforcement of royal authority over colonial assemblies
positionHeld Governor of Guernsey
Governor of New Jersey
Governor of New York
Governor of Virginia
Governor of the Dominion of New England
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
spouse Elizabeth Crispe
Mary Craven
termEnd Governor of Guernsey, 1706
Governor of New York, 1681
Governor of Virginia, 1698
Governor of the Dominion of New England, 1689
termStart Governor of Guernsey, 1704
Governor of New York, 1674
Governor of Virginia, 1692
Governor of the Dominion of New England, 1686

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Dominion of New England headOfGovernment Sir Edmund Andros
Dominion of New England officeHeldBy Sir Edmund Andros
Sir Edmund Andros fullName Sir Edmund Andros self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Edmund Andros
Charter Oak Monument associatedWith Sir Edmund Andros
Charter Oak incident hasParticipant Sir Edmund Andros