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Dec 06, 1637 London Died on 24 Feb 1714 (aged 76)
British governor of several North American colonies
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About Edmund Andros
- Sir Edmund Andros (6 December 1637 – 24 February 1714) was an English colonial administrator in North America.
- He was the governor of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence.
- At other times, Andros served as governor of the provinces of New York, East and West Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland. Before his service in North America, he served as Bailiff of Guernsey.
- His tenure in New England was authoritarian and turbulent, as his views were decidedly pro-Anglican, a negative quality in a region home to many Puritans.
- His actions in New England resulted in his overthrow during the 1689 Boston revolt.
- He became governor of Virginia three years later. Andros was considered to have been a more effective governor in New York and Virginia, although he became the enemy of prominent figures in both colonies, many of whom worked to remove him from office.
- Despite these enmities, he managed to negotiate several treaties of the Covenant Chain with the Iroquois, establishing a long-lived peace involving the colonies and other tribes that interacted with that confederacy.
- His actions and governance generally followed the instructions he was given upon appointment to office, and he received approbation from the monarchs and governments that appointed him. Andros was recalled to England from Virginia in 1698, and resumed the title of Bailiff of Guernsey.
- Although he no longer resided entirely on Guernsey, he was appointed lieutenant governor of the island, and served in this position for four years.
- Andros died in 1714.
