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Francis Nicholson
Francis Nicholson was an English army officer and colonial administrator who governed several American colonies. As lieutenant governor of New York under Sir Edmund Andros in the Dominion of New England, he was driven out by Leisler's Rebellion in 1689. He later governed Virginia, where he moved the capital to Williamsburg, and Maryland, Nova Scotia and South Carolina.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Francis Nicholson. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/francis-nicholson
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