John Wentworth (Governor)

John Wentworth, 1769

Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (born August 9, 1737 in Portsmouth , New Hampshire , † April 8, 1820 in Halifax , Nova Scotia ) was British colonial governor of New Hampshire and Nova Scotia.

Career

John Wentworth graduated in 1755 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and in 1758 with a Master of Arts at Harvard College . He succeeded his uncle, Benning Wentworth , as Governor of New Hampshire in 1767 . During his tenure he was actively involved in the founding of Dartmouth College . Although he was generally sympathetic to the colonists, he remained loyal to the crown, so that he finally had to leave New Hampshire in 1775. After the American War of Independence , he was Governor of Nova Scotia from 1792 to 1808. During this time he was made hereditary baronet , of Parlut in the County of Lincoln on May 16, 1795 .

From his marriage to his cousin Frances Deering Wentworth, widow of Theodore Atkinson, he had a son, Charles Mary Wentworth (1775-1844), who inherited him in 1820 as 2nd Baronet.

Web links

John Wentworth . In: Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 24 volumes, 1966–2018. University of Toronto Press, Toronto ( English , French ).
Biography in BluPete's History of Nova Scotia (Engl.)
Paul Wilderson: Governor John Wentworth. (No longer available online.) SeacoastNH.com, archived from the original on November 14, 2012 ; accessed on January 20, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).

Individual evidence

↑ Baronetage: WENTWORTH of Parlut, Lincs at Leigh Rayment's Peerage

predecessor	title	successor
New title created	Baronet, of Parlut 1795-1820	Charles Wentworth

personal data
SURNAME	Wentworth, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wentworth, Sir John, 1st Baronet (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British governor of two colonies
DATE OF BIRTH	August 9, 1737
PLACE OF BIRTH	Portsmouth , New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH	April 8, 1820
Place of death	Halifax , Nova Scotia

[1] Baronetage: WENTWORTH of Parlut, Lincs at Leigh Rayment's Peerage