Sir John Colleton

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Sir John Colleton was a 17th-century English royalist and colonial entrepreneur, best known as one of the eight Lords Proprietors granted the Carolina colony by King Charles II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century English person
English politician
Lords Proprietor of Carolina
colonial entrepreneur
royalist
associatedWith Carolina colony NERFINISHED
English colonization of North America
centuryOfActivity 17th century
charterSubject Province of Carolina NERFINISHED
coFounderOf Province of Carolina NERFINISHED
continentOfActivity Europe
North America
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
ethnicGroup English
gender male
givenName John NERFINISHED
grantedLandBy English Crown NERFINISHED
hasRole colonial proprietor
landowner
royalist officer
honorificPrefix Sir
influenced early governance of Carolina
languageSpoken English
legalStatusInCarolina proprietor
memberOf Lords Proprietors of Carolina NERFINISHED
monarchWhoGrantedTitle Charles II of England NERFINISHED
nobleTitle baronet
notableFor being one of the eight Lords Proprietors of Carolina
support for the royalist cause in the English Civil War
participatedIn English Civil War NERFINISHED
partOf English nobility
politicalAlignment Royalist
positionHeld Lord Proprietor of Carolina NERFINISHED
receivedCharterFrom Charles II of England NERFINISHED
religion Church of England
residence Carolina (as proprietor) NERFINISHED
Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
sphereOfActivity colonial administration
land speculation
plantation enterprise
supported Charles I of England NERFINISHED
Charles II of England NERFINISHED

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Colleton family notableMember Sir John Colleton
Lords Proprietors hasMember Sir John Colleton
Colleton County, South Carolina namedFor Sir John Colleton