Francis Nicholson
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Lieutenant-General Francis Nicholson was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of South Carolina from 1721 to 1725. He also served as the governor of Nova Scotia
Portrait of Edmund Andros by Mary Beale
James Blair, whose efforts to found the College of William and Mary Nicholson supported
Samuel Vetch, whom Nicholson worked with during the war before turning against him afterward
Edmund Andros
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Sir Edmund Andros was an English army officer and colonial administrator. He was the governor of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence. At other times, Andros served as g
Francis Nicholson
…Nicholson's military service included time in Africa and Europe, after which he was sent to North America as leader of the troops supporting Governor Sir Edmund Andros in the Dominion of New England. There Nicholson distinguished himself, and was appointed lieutenant governor of the Dominion in 1688. After news of the…
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, sister of Charles I of England and aunt of Charles II
A caricature of Metacomet drawn by Paul Revere
Sir George Carteret, proprietor of East Jersey