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.