Samuel Vetch
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Samuel Vetch was a British military officer and colonial administrator who thrice served as the governor of Nova Scotia between 1710 and 1717. He was a leading figure in the Darien scheme, a failed Sc
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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
Samuel Vetch
…governors, the queen gave Vetch a military commission and promised him a governorship and military support for the 1709 campaign season. Along with Francis Nicholson, Vetch travelled to Boston in 1709 to raise colonial militia and supplies. However, the promised military force never arrived (having been diverted to…
Portrait of Edmund Andros by Mary Beale
James Blair, whose efforts to found the College of William and Mary Nicholson supported