William Shirley

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William Shirley was an 18th-century British colonial administrator best known for his role as governor of Massachusetts during King George’s War and the early stages of the French and Indian War.

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Label Occurrences
William Shirley canonical 2
Francis Bernard 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy George II of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: King George II
burialPlace King's Chapel Burying Ground ⓘ
surface form: King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Boston
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1694-12-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1771-03-24 ⓘ
educatedAt Pembroke College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1756 (as Governor of Massachusetts Bay) ⓘ
familyName Shirley ⓘ
fieldOfWork colonial administration ⓘ
imperial military policy in North America ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasPart Shirley-Eustis House (former residence) ⓘ
heritageDesignation Shirley-Eustis House designated a National Historic Landmark ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of British expansion in North America ⓘ
governorship of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
role in organizing colonial military expeditions against New France ⓘ
militaryRank major-general ⓘ
monarchDuringReign George II of Great Britain ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableWork administration of Massachusetts during King George’s War ⓘ
early leadership in the French and Indian War ⓘ
planning and leadership of the 1745 expedition against Louisbourg ⓘ
numberOfChildren 11 ⓘ
occupation colonial governor ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
participatedIn French and Indian War (as part of British America) ⓘ
surface form: French and Indian War

King George's War ⓘ
surface form: King George’s War
placeOfBirth Preston, Sussex, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
surface form: Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief, North America ⓘ
Governor of the Bahamas ⓘ
Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Member of Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
residence Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay

London, England ⓘ
Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
surface form: Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Frances Barker ⓘ
Harriet Devereux ⓘ
startTime 1741 (as Governor of Massachusetts Bay) ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Thomas Hutchinson → precededBy → William Shirley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Francis Bernard
Province House, Boston → governorResident → William Shirley ⓘ