Shirley William 1693-1771 Born In Preston England Called To The


English bar; removed to Boston, where he practised his profession.

Governor of Massachusetts, 1741-1745; planned the successful expedition

against Louisbourg. Resided in England, 1745-1753. One of the

commissioners at Paris to settle the boundaries of Nova Scotia, 1750.

Again appointed governor of Massachusetts, 1753; commander-in-chief of

the British forces in North America. Lieutenant-general, 1759;

afterwards governor of the Bahama Islands. Returned to Massachusetts,

1770, and resided at Roxbury until his death. =Bib.=: Cyc. Am. Biog.;

Campbell, History of Nova Scotia; Parkman, Montcalm and Wolfe.



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