Person:George Clinton (14)

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George Clinton, Governor of New York
b.Abt 1686 Lincolnshire, England
d.10 Jul 1761
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  1. Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln1684 - 1728
  2. George Clinton, Governor of New YorkAbt 1686 - 1761
  3. Susannah Clinton
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  • H.  George Clinton, Governor of New YorkAbt 1686 - 1761
  • W.  Anne Carle - 1761
  1. Henry Clinton1730 - 1795
  2. Lucy Mary Clinton
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Facts and Events
Name George Clinton, Governor of New York
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1686 Lincolnshire, England
Marriage to Anne Carle
Death[1][3] 10 Jul 1761
Reference Number[2] Q5537983?
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Admiral George Clinton, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  2. ↑ George Clinton (Royal Navy officer), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

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    The Hon. George Clinton (c. 1686 – 10 July 1761) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. Benefiting from the patronage of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, he served as a naval captain during the 1720s and 1730s.

    Clinton went on to be Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland, Commodore and Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet and then Governor of the Province of New York where he had to deal with the threat of a French attack during King George's War. He could not cope with the liberal politicians of the New York assembly who were led by James De Lancey and resigned in 1753.

    Clinton also served as Member of Parliament for Saltash, a rotten borough in Cornwall, from March 1757 until his death in July 1761.

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  3. ↑ Lanier, Henry Wysham. A century of banking in New York, 1822-1922. (New York: The Gilliss Press, 1922)
    86.

    CLINTON, Admiral George Second son of Francis, 6th Earl of Lincoln, by his second wife Susan Penniston of Oxfordshire, England. He became captain in the Navy, 1716; in 1732 he was Governor of New Foundland and Commodore of the squadron there; in 1737, Commodore of the Mediterranean fleet, and was commissioned as Governor of New York in 1741. He held that office until 1753, when he retired, it is reported, with ~80,000 sterling, accumulated in that office. On his return to England he became Governor of Greenwich Hospital and a member of Parliament. He died in 1761.

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