Joseph Dudley

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colonial administrator governor person

Joseph Dudley was a colonial American administrator best known for serving as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial administrator → governor → person →
activeYearsEnd	1715 →
activeYearsStart	1670 →
appointedBy	Queen Anne →
birthDate	1647-09-23 →
birthPlace	Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony →
burialPlace	Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury →
child	Paul Dudley →
countryOfCitizenship	Massachusetts Bay Colony →
deathDate	1720-04-02 →
deathPlace	Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay →
educatedAt	Harvard College →
era	Colonial America →
ethnicGroup	English American →
father	Thomas Dudley →
fullName	Joseph Dudley →
knownFor	centralization of colonial administration in New England → conflicts with Massachusetts colonists over charter rights → implementation of imperial trade regulations →
languageSpoken	English →
monarchDuringTerm	Queen Anne →
mother	Dorothy Yorke →
notableFor	governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay → role in the Dominion of New England → support of royal authority over New England colonies →
numberOfChildren	9 →
officeEnd	1715-11-09 →
officeStart	1702-06-11 →
politicalAlignment	pro-royalist →
positionHeld	Agent of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in England → Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature → Deputy Governor of the Isle of Wight → Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay → Member of the Dominion of New England council → President of the Council of New England →
predecessor	William Stoughton →
relative	Anne Bradstreet → Simon Bradstreet →
religion	Puritanism →
residence	Roxbury, Massachusetts →
servedIn	Dominion of New England administration → Province of Massachusetts Bay government →
signature	Signature of Joseph Dudley (Massachusetts Governor).svg →
spouse	Rebecca Tyng →
successor	William Tailer →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Thomas Dudley →	child
Joseph Dudley →	fullName
Samuel Dudley →	relative