Deputy Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay

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colonial government office political office

The Deputy Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay was the second-highest colonial official in Massachusetts, serving as the chief assistant and occasional stand-in to the royal governor during the era of British rule in New England.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial government office ⓘ political office ⓘ
appliesDuringPeriod	Dominion of New England ⓘ surface form: British colonial rule in New England Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ surface form: Province of Massachusetts Bay era (1691–1776)
appliesToJurisdiction	Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
appointedBy	British Crown ⓘ royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
governmentalFunction	assistance in administration of the province ⓘ execution of colonial laws ⓘ presiding over the Council in the governor’s absence ⓘ
hierarchicalPosition	second-highest colonial official in the Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
legalSystem	English colonial law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Massachusetts Bay ⓘ New England ⓘ
officeCreatedBy	royal charter of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ surface form: Province of Massachusetts Bay charter of 1691
officeHolderRole	acting governor in the governor’s absence ⓘ chief assistant to the royal governor ⓘ
officeScope	executive branch of the provincial government ⓘ
partOf	colonial administration of New England ⓘ
positionInOrganization	Massachusetts colonial legislature ⓘ surface form: Government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
relativeRank	below the governor and above other provincial officials ⓘ
replaced	Deputy Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
replacedBy	Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts ⓘ
residence	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston
seatOfGovernment	Province House, Boston ⓘ
subordinateTo	Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lieutenant Governor → precededBy → Deputy Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

subject surface form: Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts