See also:SIR See also:EDMUND See also:ANDROS (1637-1714)
, See also:English colonial See also:governor in See also:America, was See also:born in See also:London on the 6th of See also:December 1637, son of See also:Amice See also:Andros, an adherent of See also:Charles I., and the royal See also:bailiff of the See also:island of See also:Guernsey
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He served for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in the See also:army of See also:Prince See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry of See also:Nassau, and in 1660-1662 was See also:gentleman in See also:ordinary to the See also:queen of Bohemia (See also:Elizabeth See also:Stuart, daughter of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. of See also:England)
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He then served against the Dutch, and in 1672 was commissioned See also:major in what is said to have been the first English See also:regiment armed with the See also:bayonet
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In 1674 he became, by the See also:appointment of the See also:duke of See also:York (later James II.), governor of New York and the Jerseys, though his See also:jurisdiction over the Jerseys was disputed, and until his recall in 1681 to meet an unfounded See also:charge of dishonesty and favouritism in the collection of the revenues, he proved himself to be a capable See also:administrator, whose imperious disposition, however, rendered him somewhat unpopular among the colonists
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During a visit to England in 1678 he was knighted
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In 1686 he became governor, with See also:Boston as his See also:capital, of the " Dominion of New England," into which See also:Massachusetts (including See also:Maine), See also:Plymouth, Rhode Island, See also:Connecticut and New See also:Hampshire were consolidated, and in 1688 his jurisdiction was extended over New York and the Jerseys
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But his vexatious interference with colonial rights and customs aroused the keenest resentment, and on the 18th of See also:April 1689, soon after See also:news of the arrival of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, prince of See also:Orange, in England reached Boston, the colonists deposed and arrested him
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In New York his See also:deputy, See also:Francis See also:Nicholson, was soon afterwards deposed by See also:Jacob See also:Leisler (q.v.); and the inter-colonial See also:union was dissolved
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Andros was sent to England for trial in 1690, but was immediately released without trial, and from 1692 until 1698 he was governor of See also:Virginia, but was recalled through the agency of See also:Commissary James See also:Blair (q.v.), with whom he quarrelled
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In 1693-1694 he was also governor of See also:Maryland
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From 1704 to 1706 he was governor of Guernsey
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He died in London in See also:February 1714 and was buried at St See also:Anne's, Soho
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See The Andros Tracts (3 vols., Boston, 1869-1872)
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