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See also:TRYON, See also:- WILLIAM
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- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
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WILLIAM (1729–1788) , See also:American colonial See also:governor, was See also:born at Norbury See also:Park, See also:Surrey, See also:England, in 1729. In 1757, when he was a See also:captain of the First See also:Foot See also:Guards, he married a See also:London heiress with a See also:dower of £30,000. In 1764 he was appointed See also:lieutenant-governor of See also:North Carolina, upon See also:Arthur Dobbs's See also:death in 1765 became governor See also:pro See also:tern., and in See also:December of the same See also:year received his See also:commission as governor. Like many other pre-Revolutionary officials in See also:America, he has generally been pictured by American writers as a See also:tyrant. In reality, however, he seems to have been tactful and considerate, an efficient See also:administrator, who in particular greatly improved the colonial postal service, and to have become unpopular chiefly because, through his rigid adherence to See also:duty, he obeyed the instructions of his superiors and rigorously enforced the See also:measures of the See also:British See also:government. By refusing to allow meetings ct the See also:Assembly from the 18th of May 1765 to the 3rd of See also:November 1766, he prevented North Carolina from sending representatives to the See also:Stamp See also:Act See also:Congress in 1765. To lighten the stamp tax he offered to pay the duty on all stamped See also:paper on which he was entitled to fees. With the support of the See also:law-abiding See also:element he suppressed the Regulator uprising in 1768–71, caused partly by the See also:taxation imposed to defray the cost of the governor's See also:fine See also:mansion at New See also:Bern (which Tryon had made the provincial See also:capital), and executed seven or eight of the ringleaders, pardoning six others. From 1771 nominally until the 22nd of See also:March 1780 he was governor of New See also:York. While he was on a visit to England the See also:War of See also:Independence See also:broke out, and on the 19th of See also:October 1775, several months after his return, he was compelled to seek See also:refuge on the See also:sloop ofwar " See also:Halifax " in New York See also:Harbour, but was restored to See also:power when the British took See also:possession of New York See also:City in See also:September 1776, though his actual authority did not extend beyond the British lines. In 1777, with the See also:rank of See also:major-See also:general, he became See also:commander of a See also:corps of See also:Loyalists, and in 1779 invaded See also:Connecticut and burned See also:Danbury, See also:Fairfield and See also:Norwalk. In 178o he returned to England, and in 1782 was promoted to be lieutenant-general. He died in London on the 27th of See also:January 1788.
See See also:Marshal D. See also:Haywood, Governor William Tryon and his See also:Administration in the See also:Province of North Carolina (See also:Raleigh, North Carolina, 1903).
End of Article: TRYON, WILLIAM (1729–1788)
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