John Wentworth (governor)
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Sir John Wentworth (9 August 1737 – 8 April 1820) was the British colonial governor of New Hampshire at the time of the American Revolution.
He followed his uncle, Benning Wentworth, as governor in 1767. During his term, he was instrumental in the creation of Dartmouth College.
Although he was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and was generally sympathetic to the colonists in their early disagreements with the crown, he remained loyal and was forced to leave New Hampshire in 1775.
He later served as the royal governor of Nova Scotia from 1792 to 1808. Wentworth was knighted in 1795.
[edit] External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Biography in BluPete's History of Nova Scotia
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