James Wright was a colonial lawyer and jurist who was the last British Royal Governor of the Province of Georgia. He was the only Royal Governor of the Thirteen Colonies to regain control of his colony during the American Revolutionary War.
Portrait by Andrea Soldi
Sundial on the Manor House in Sedgefield
Sedgefield Manor House
Wright Square in Savannah, Georgia
The Province of Georgia was one of the Southern Colonies in colonial-era British America. In 1775 it was the last of the Thirteen Colonies to support the American Revolution.
Savannah colony, 18th century
Image: Settlement of Georgia Colony 1732 1763