James Hasell

James Hasell (* in Bristol , England ; † February 1785 in North Carolina ) was a British colonial governor of the Province of North Carolina .

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James Hasell's date of birth has not been recorded. He was the son of a trader and completed an apprenticeship in Bristol between 1714 and 1721. He later emigrated to the British colonies in America, where he initially lived in Philadelphia for some time . Around 1735 he came to the Province of North Carolina. Within seven years he became one of the richest planters in the colony. Until his death he owned 12,000 acres of land. Since 1747 he was a member of the Royal Council . He stayed there until the body was dissolved in 1775. Although he had no appropriate training, he often worked as a judge. At times he even held the post of Chief Justice of the colony .

Hasell was an advisor to Governors Arthur Dobbs , William Tryon and Josiah Martin . From 1760 he was President of the Government Council and as such a representative of the colonial governor. Between the terms of office of William Tryon and Josiah Martin, he held the governorship between July 1 and August 12, 1771 on a provisional basis. In the run-up to the American Revolution , Hasell proved to be a British loyalist. After the government council dissolved in 1775, he retired to his plantation. In his lifetime, his land was not confiscated from the victorious Americans. After his death in February 1785, however, it was confiscated and only returned to his heirs in 1802.

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