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See also: born at See also: Preston in See also: Sussex, See also: England, on-the 2nd of See also: December 1694
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He studied See also: law, entered the See also: Middle See also: Temple, emigrated to Massachusetts in 1731, was appointed " the See also: King's only advocate-general in
See also: America " (i.e. of all New England except See also: Connecticut) in 1734, and in 1741, while representing Massachusetts in a boundary dispute with Rhode See also: Island, was appointed governor
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His efforts to secure a permanent fixed See also: salary for himself (of £I000) were unsuccessful; and his attempt to prevent the further issue of paper See also: money also involved him in a controversy with the General See also: Court; but their relations were not unfriendly after 1743
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The most important event of his administration was the See also: conquest of See also: Louisburg in 1745
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The expedition was undertaken on his See also: suggestion and its success was largely due to his energy and See also: enthusiasm; in See also: September 1749 £183,65o (See also: English) in See also: coin was brought to See also: Boston to cover the outlay of Massachusetts, and largely through See also: Shirley's influence this was used for the redemption of outstanding paper money, thus re-establishing the finances of the province, a subject towhich Shirley had given much See also: attention
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Both in the colonies and in England, whither he returned in 1749 on leave of See also: absence, Shirley kept up an active agitation for the expulsion of the French from the whole of See also: Canada
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He went back to Massachusetts as governor in 1753; led an unsuccessful expedition against Fort See also: Niagara in 1755, and alter the See also: death of General See also: Edward Braddock (1755) until See also: June 1756 was See also: commander-inchief of all the See also: British forces in America
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In September 1756 he was recalled to England and was succeeded as governor by See also: Spencer Phips
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He was governor of the See also: Bahamas until 1770, then again returned to Massachusetts and died at See also: Roxbury on the 24th of See also: March 1771
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He published a Journal of the Siege of Louisbourg (1745), and The Conduct of General
See also: William Shirley Briefly Stated (1758)
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