Governor William Tryon

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Governor William Tryon was an 18th-century British colonial official best known for his controversial governorships of North Carolina and New York and his harsh suppression of colonial dissent.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administrator ⓘ
colonial governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance Great Britain ⓘ
architecturalPatronage construction of Tryon Palace ⓘ
burialPlace St Mary’s Church, Twickenham ⓘ
surface form: St Mary’s Church, Twickenham, England
causeOfNotability controversial colonial policies and repression of unrest ⓘ
commanded British forces in New York during the American Revolution ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Regulator Movement ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1729-06-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1788-01-27 ⓘ
endTime 1771 (as Governor of North Carolina) ⓘ
1780 (as Governor of New York) ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Tryon ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasSignificantPlace New Bern ⓘ
surface form: New Bern, North Carolina

New York City ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
honorificPrefix Governor ⓘ
Major General ⓘ
knownFor governorship of New York ⓘ
governorship of North Carolina ⓘ
harsh suppression of colonial dissent ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank major general ⓘ
monarchDuringService George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: King George III
notableEvent American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Battle of Alamance ⓘ
notableWork suppression of the Regulator Movement ⓘ
occupation colonial governor ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
ordered raids on Connecticut coastal towns in 1779 ⓘ
partOf British America ⓘ
surface form: British colonial administration in North America
placeOfBirth Norwich ⓘ
surface form: Norwich, England
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
positionHeld British Army officer ⓘ
Governor of North Carolina ⓘ
Governor of the Province of New York ⓘ
regionGoverned Province of New York ⓘ
Province of North Carolina ⓘ
residence Tryon Palace ⓘ
surface form: Tryon Palace, New Bern, North Carolina
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Margaret Wake ⓘ
startTime 1765 (as Governor of North Carolina) ⓘ
1771 (as Governor of New York) ⓘ

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Regulator Movement → opposedBy → Governor William Tryon ⓘ
Battle of Ridgefield → commander → Governor William Tryon ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Tryon
Battle of Alamance → commander → Governor William Tryon ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Tryon
Battle of Alamance → provinceGovernor → Governor William Tryon ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Tryon
Margaret Wake → spouse → Governor William Tryon ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Tryon
Margaret Wake → associatedWith → Governor William Tryon ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Tryon
Russellborough (governor’s residence) → namedAfter → Governor William Tryon ⓘ
subject surface form: Russellborough
this entity surface form: Governor William Tryon Russell (disputed / unclear etymology)
American Revolutionary War raid on Danbury in 1777 → commander → Governor William Tryon ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Tryon
Tryon Palace → originallyBuiltFor → Governor William Tryon ⓘ
Tryon Palace → namedAfter → Governor William Tryon ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Tryon
Tryon → hasNotableBearer → Governor William Tryon ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Tryon
Tryon, North Carolina, United States → namedAfter → Governor William Tryon ⓘ
subject surface form: Tryon, North Carolina
this entity surface form: William Tryon
Danbury Raid → commander → Governor William Tryon ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Tryon