John Archdale

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John Archdale (born March 5, 1642 in England ; buried on July 4, 1717 in Buckinghamshire , England) was an English colonial politician and governor of the Province of Carolina .

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John Archdale was a son of the London merchant Thomas Archdale and his wife Mary Nevill. Nothing is known about his youth and school education. He owned an estate in Buckinghamshire and joined the Quaker movement in the 1670s . In 1673 he married the widow Ann Cary, with whom he had four children. A son from his wife's first marriage was Thomas Cary, who would later become the colonial governor of North Carolina. In 1664 he came to the English colonies in America for the first time when he represented the interests of his brother-in-law in what is now Maine . He then returned to England. In 1683 he settled in the Province of Carolina, where he later took over the post of deputy colonial governor in its northern part, now the US state of North Carolina . Between 1683 and 1686 he temporarily held the post of governor there, replacing the absent Seth Sothel . Between August 17, 1695 and October 29, 1696 he was governor of the southern part of the Province of Carolina, today's US state of South Carolina . There he was the successor to Joseph Blake . As governor he tried to mediate between the opposing forces in the colony. He was also friendly with the Indians and he reformed the colonial council. On the other hand, he rejected the colonists' demands for tax breaks and more autonomy. In addition, he excluded the Huguenots from the colonial parliament. In October 1696 he sailed for England and thus effectively gave up his office. In South Carolina, his predecessor Joseph Blake also succeeded him again. Some sources refer to Blake as his nephew other than his cousin. There seems to have been a relationship between the two. John Archdale never returned to Carolina. He died in late June or early July 1717 and was buried on July 4th at High Wycombe Church in Buckinghamshire.

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SURNAME Archdale, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English politician; Governor of the Province of Carolina
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1642
PLACE OF BIRTH England
DATE OF DEATH buried July 4, 1717