Francis Fauquier

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British colonial governor colonial administrator person

Francis Fauquier was an 18th-century British colonial administrator who served as lieutenant governor of Virginia and became a prominent figure in the colony’s political and social life.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Fauquier County, Virginia	0
John Francis Fauquier	1
Lieutenant Governor Francis Fauquier	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial governor ⓘ colonial administrator ⓘ person ⓘ
appointedBy	Board of Trade of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Board of Trade George II of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	College of William & Mary ⓘ House of Burgesses ⓘ
burialPlace	Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1703 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1768 ⓘ
educatedAt	Royal Exchange, London ⓘ
endTime	1768 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
father	Francis Fauquier self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John Francis Fauquier
genre	political economy ⓘ
governedTerritory	Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Colony of Virginia
influenced	political culture of colonial Virginia ⓘ
knownFor	influencing political and social life in colonial Virginia ⓘ patronage of the College of William & Mary ⓘ serving as lieutenant governor of colonial Virginia ⓘ supporting education in Virginia ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
legacy	Fauquier County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	Royal Society ⓘ
monarchDuringReign	George II of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ George III of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Francis Fauquier self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableFor	relatively liberal policies toward colonial assemblies ⓘ
notableWork	Essay on Ways and Means for Raising Money for the Support of the Present War ⓘ
occupation	colonial administrator ⓘ economist ⓘ politician ⓘ
participatedIn	Seven Years' War era colonial administration ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	Williamsburg ⓘ surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
politicalAlignment	pro-colonial elite ⓘ
positionHeld	Governor of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Acting Governor of Virginia Lieutenant Governor of Virginia ⓘ
predecessor	John Blair Sr. ⓘ
residence	Williamsburg ⓘ surface form: Williamsburg, Virginia
startTime	1758 ⓘ
successor	John Blair Sr. ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Francis Fauquier → father → Francis Fauquier self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Francis Fauquier

Fauquier County, Virginia → namedAfter → Francis Fauquier ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant Governor Francis Fauquier

Francis Fauquier → namedAfter → Francis Fauquier self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Fauquier County, Virginia