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Sir Edmund Andros (6 December 1637 – 24 February 1714; also spelled Edmond) was an English colonial administrator in British America. He was the governor of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence.
Sir Edmund Andros (born Dec. 6, 1637, London, Eng.—died Feb. 24, 1714, London) was an English administrator in North America who made an abortive attempt to stem growing colonial independence by imposing a kind of supercolony, the Dominion of New England.
Dec 27, 2015 · Sir Edmund Andros served as governor of Virginia from 1692 until 1698. Born in London, Andros enjoyed ties to the family of Charles II, served in the army, was appointed governor of New York by the future James II in 1674 and in 1686 of the Dominion of New England.
Sir Edmund Andros (1637-1714), an English colonial governor in America, was an able though arbitrary administrator. Because his regime conflicted with the interests of colonial Puritan leaders, he became a symbol of oppression.
Edmund Andros, a soldier, administrator, courtier, and diplomat, served a succession of Stuart monarchs in the Old and New Worlds. This study differs from most past assessments of...
Sir Edmund Andros (6 December 1637 – 24 February 1714; also spelled Edmond) was an English colonial administrator in British America. He was the governor of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence.
Sir Edmund Andros (ăn´drŏs), 1637–1714, British colonial governor in America, b. Guernsey. Source for information on Andros, Sir Edmund: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. dictionary.
