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Trustees of the Colony of Georgia
(1732-1752)
This information was compiled from "Georgia as a Proprietary Province: The Execution of a Trust"
by James Ross McCain
(Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1917).
Submitted to Genealogy Trails by Jo Ann Scott and K. Torp
The list contains the names of the trustees, their titles, and the year in which they were chosen to become a trustee.
The abbreviations used in the list are explained as follows: Esq. = Esquire; Bart. = Baronet; D. D. = Doctor of Divinity.
[Note: Residences were found in "The History of Savannah" 1913; Other added information as per the source citation.]
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Trustee name and Title |
Year |
Residence |
Other Info |
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| * Mr. Adam Anderson |
1732 |
Clerkenwell Green | Mr. Adam Anderson was a native of Scotland; he was brother to the Rev. James Anderson,
D. D.; Editor of the 'Diplomata Scotiae' and 'Royal Genealogies;' Adam was for 40 years a clerk in the South Sea
House, and at length arrived to his acme there, being appointed Chief Clerk of the Stock and New Annuities, which
office he retained till his death in 1765. He was appointed one of the Trustees for establishing the Colony of
Georgia in America, by Charter dated 9 June, 5 George II. He was also one of the Court of Assistants of the Scots
Corporation in London. His 'Historical and Chronological Deduction of Trade and Commerce,' a work replete with
useful information, was published in two volumes folio, 1762-3. He was twice married ; by the first wife he had
issue a daughter, married to Mr. Hardy, a druggist or apothecary in Southampton-street in the Strand, who are both
now dead without issue; he afterwards became the third husband of the widow of Mr. Coulter, formerly a wholesale
linen-draper in Cornhill, by whom he had no issue .... He died suddenly in the South Sea House, January 10, 1765. He had a good library of books, which were sold to Mr. Whiston by his widow, who survived him several years, and died in 1781...." [Source: "Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer", vol. 9, 1815; By John Nichols, Samuel Bentley] |
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| * Henry Archer, Esq. |
1734 |
"Henry Archer Esq. was a Common Council Man but resigned 28 January 1743 & remains
a Trustee." (Colonial Records from the State of GA, 1904) Deaths - March 17, Henry Archer, Esq; brother of Lord Archer, and late member for Warwick. [June 1768, The London magazine, Volume 37] |
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| * Thomas Archer, Esq. | (Later Lord Archer) |
1734 |
Sir Simon Archer was suceeded at his decease, by his son, Thomas Archer, Esq. of Umberslade, who, at the commencement of the civil wars was a colonel in the parliament army, and raised a troop of horse at his own expense ; but, so soon as he discovered the designs of the parliamentarians, he threw up his commission, and, emigrating, remained abroad until the restoration of the monarchy, when he represented the city of Warwick in parliament. He m. Anne, dau. of Richard Leigh, Esq., of London, and had issue, Andrew, his successor.... His lordship d. 1768 and was s. by his only son, Andrew. (Source: A Genealogical history of the Dormant, Abenant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. By Sir Bernard Burke, 1866) | |
| * Sir John Barrington, Bart. |
1742 |
Attended 26 meetings of the 146 held during his trusteeship (Colonial Records from the State of GA, 1904) | ||
| * Hon. Henry Bathurst, Esq. |
1741 |
22 Jan 1770 - "The Hon. Henry Bathurst, Esq; one of the Justices of his Majesty's Court of Common pleas... deceased." [Source: "The Annual Register, Or A View Of The History, Politics, And Literature For The Year 1770" By Edmund Burke] | ||
| * Lord Sidney Beauclerk |
1739 |
(27 February 1703 – 23 November 1744) was a British politician and infamous fortune-hunter, and was the grandson of King Charles II. (wikipedia.org) | ||
| * Rev. Arthur Bedford |
1732 |
Hab. Hosp., Noxton | Wrote "The Evil and Dangers of Stage-Plays" and "The Great Abuse of Musick", by the Rev. Arthur Bedford, Chaplain to the Duke of Bedford, 1711. (Source: "The State of Music in England"1902) |
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| * William Belitha, Esq. |
1732 |
Kingston, Surrey | In the church-yard at Teddington are the tombs of ... William Belitha, Esq. 1759 (source: "'Teddington, The Environs of London: volume 3: County of Middlesex", by Daniel Lysons (1795) |
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| * Slingsby Bethel, Esq. |
1749 |
"The Gentleman's Magazine thus announces the death of Mr. Bethel: "Died at
Baling, Middlesex, on January 16th, 1748, Hugh Bethel, Esq. His estate of £2000 per annum goes to his brother,
Slingsby Bethel, Esq., M.P., for London." [Quoted in "The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope", vol. 4; 1854] |
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| * Rev. Richard Bundy, D.D. |
1732 |
A. M., Dean |
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| * Sir Roger Burgoyne, Bart. |
1739 |
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| * Rev. John Burton |
1732 |
B. D., Oxford | ||
| * Henry Calthrope, Esq. | (Later Sir Henry Calthrope) |
1742 |
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| * Hon. Alexander Hume Cambell, Esq. |
1742 |
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| * Richard Cavendish |
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| * Hon. Richard Chandler, Esq. |
1733 |
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| * Francis Cokayne, Esq. |
1747 |
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| * Richard Coope, Esq. |
1734 |
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| * Mr. Thomas Coram |
1732 |
Goodman's Fields | ||
| * Velters Cornewall, Esq. |
1743 |
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| * Sir John Cust, Bart. |
1749 |
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| * James Lord D'Arcy |
1733 |
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| * James Earl of Derby |
1733 |
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| * Sir Jacob Des Bouverie, Bart. | (Later Lord Viscount Folkstone) |
1737 |
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| * Hon. Edward Digby, Esq. |
1732 |
Clarges street | ||
| * Hon. John Earl of Egmont |
1749 |
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| * Anthony Ewer, Esq. |
1749 |
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| * Francis Eyles, Esq. |
1732 |
Soho Square | ||
| * Hon. Robert Eyre, Esq. |
1734 |
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| * John Frederick, Esq. |
1741 |
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| * Thomas Frederick, Esq. |
1733 |
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| * Sir John Gonson, Knight |
1733 |
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| * Sir Harry Gough, Bart. |
1738 |
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| * Rev. Stephen Hales, D.D. |
1732 |
A. M. |
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| * William Hanbury, Esq. |
1733 |
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| * George Heathcote, Esq. |
1732 |
Soho Square | ||
| * William Heathcote, Esq. | (Later Sir William Heathcote, Bart.) |
1733 |
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| * Rogers Holland, Esq. |
1732 |
Essex street | ||
| * Edward Hooper, Esq. |
1749 |
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| * Robert Hucks, Esq. |
1732 |
Russell street, Bloomsbury | ||
| * Stephen Theodore Jansen, Esq. |
1749 |
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| * Robert Kendall, Esq. | (Later Sir Robert Cater) |
1733 |
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| * Henry L'Apostre, Esq. |
1733 |
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| * John Laroche, Esq. |
1732 |
Pall Mall | ||
| * James Lord Viscount Limerick |
1733 |
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| * Samuel Lloyd, Esq. |
1747 |
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| * Robert More, Esq. |
1732 |
Duke |
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| * Chretian Von Munch |
1747 |
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| * James Oglethorpe, Esq. |
1732 |
Old Palace Yard | ||
| * John Page, Esq. |
1733 |
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| * Hon. Philip Perceval, Esq. |
1741 |
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| * John Lord Viscount Perceval | (Later Earl of Egmont) |
1732 |
Pall Mall | |
| * Erasmus Phillips, Esq. | (Later Sir E. Phillips, Bart.) |
1733 |
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| * John Phillips, Esq. | (Later Sir John Phillips, Bart.) |
1743 |
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| * Rev. Thomas Rundle, D.D. | (Later Lord Bishop of Londonderry) |
1734 |
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| * Anthony Ashley Earl of Shaftesbury |
1733 |
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| * William Sloper, Esq. |
1732 |
St. James Place | ||
| * Rev. Samuel Smith |
1732 |
Aldgate | ||
| * Hon. William Talbot, Esq. | (Later Lord Talbot) |
1734 |
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| * Chistopher Towers, Esq. |
1733 |
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| * Thomas Towers, Esq. |
1732 |
Middle Temple | ||
| * Robert Tracy, Esq. |
1734 |
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| * Samuel Tuffnell, Esq. |
1742 |
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| * John Lord Viscount Tyrconnel |
1733 |
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| * George Tyrer, Esq. |
1733 |
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| * Rev. Samuel Urlsperger |
1747 |
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| * Hon. James Vernon, Esq. |
1732 |
Grosvenor street | ||
| * John White, Esq. |
1733 |
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| * Rev. Thomas Wilson, D.D. |
1745 |
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| * Francis Wollaston, Esq. |
1734 |
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| * William Wollaston, Esq. |
1734 |
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| * John Wright, Esq. |
1743 |
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