William Shirley (1694-1771)

William Shirley (1694-1771) was the British governor of Massachusetts from 1741 to 1759. He was to son of William and Elizabeth Godman Shirley, and was born on December 2, 1694 at Preston Manor in Sussex, England. He was educated at Cambridge then studied law in London before moving to Boston in 1731. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (547x650, 49 KB)Smithsonian This image is from the website of the Smithsonian Institution [1] and may be copyrighted. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (547x650, 49 KB)Smithsonian This image is from the website of the Smithsonian Institution [1] and may be copyrighted. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Boston Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq. ... // Events April 10 - Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz August 10 - Raja of Travancore defeats Dutch East India Company naval expedition at Battle of Colachel December 19 - Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 - Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... Sussex is a traditional county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ... Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ... Events 10 Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdoms Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in. ...

His early government jobs included that of surveyor and King's Advocate for New England. He was apponted the royal Governor in 1741. Following his failure in a military expedition against Fort Niagara, he was recalled to England in June of 1756. He was later exonerated, and served as Governor of the Bahamas from 1761-1769. Historical recreation actors at Old Fort Niagara Fort Niagara is a three hundred-year-old fortification originally built to protect the interests of New France in northern North America. ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

He was commander-in-chief of North American forces, and with Charles Lawrence, the architect of the Great Expulsion, the forcible removal of more than 12,000 Acadians from Nova Scotia in 1775, an incident some historians consider one of the earliest examples of ethnic cleansing. Charles Lawrence (December 14, 1709 – October 19, 1760) was a British military officer who, as lieutenant governor and subsequently governor of Nova Scotia, was responsible for overseeing the expulsion of Acadians from the colony in the Great Upheaval. ... The Great Upheaval (le Grand Dérangement), also known as the Great Expulsion or the Acadian Expulsion, is the eviction of the Acadian population from Nova Scotia between 1755 and 1763, ordered by governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council. ... It has been suggested that silent ethnic cleansing be merged into this article or section. ...

He retired to live with his daughter and her husband (Eliakin Hutchinson) at the Roxbury house. He died there on March 24, 1771. March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The Shirley House

He built a family home in Roxbury between 1744 and 1750. It still stands, at 33 Beverly Street, has been largely restored and is open to the public. See website at [[1]]. Roxbury is a neighborhood within Boston, Massachusetts. ...