Edmund Andros

Sir Edmund Andros
Portrait by Frederick Stone Batcheller
4th Colonial Governor of New York
In office 9 February 1674 – 18 April 1683
Monarch	Charles II
Preceded by	Anthony Colve
Succeeded by	Thomas Dongan
Bailiff of Guernsey
In office 1674–1713
Preceded by	Amias Andros
Succeeded by	Jean de Sausmarez
Governor of the Dominion of New England (Governor-in-chief of New England)
In office 20 December 1686 – 18 April 1689
Preceded by	Joseph Dudley
Succeeded by	None (dominion dissolved) (partly Simon Bradstreet as Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony)
Colonial Governor of Virginia
In office September 1692 – May 1698
Preceded by	Lord Effingham
Succeeded by	Francis Nicholson
3rd and 5th Royal Governor of Maryland
In office September 1693 – May 1694
Preceded by	Sir Thomas Lawrence
Succeeded by	Nicholas Greenberry
In office 1694–1694
Preceded by	Nicholas Greenberry
Succeeded by	Sir Thomas Lawrence
Personal details
Born	(1637-12-06)6 December 1637 London, England
Died	24 February 1714(1714-02-24) (aged 76) London, England
Resting place	St Anne's Church, Soho, London
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Sir Edmund Andros (6 December 1637 – 24 February 1714;^[1] also spelled Edmond)^[2][3] was an English colonial administrator in British America. He was the governor of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence. At other times, Andros served as governor of the provinces of New York, East and West Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland.

Before serving in North America, he served as Bailiff of Guernsey. His tenure in New England was authoritarian and turbulent, as his views were decidedly pro-Anglican, a negative quality in a region home to many Puritans. His actions in New England resulted in his overthrow during the 1689 Boston revolt. He became governor of Virginia three years later.

Andros was considered a more effective governor in New York and Virginia. However, he became the enemy of prominent figures in both colonies, many of whom worked to remove him from office. Despite these enmities, he managed to negotiate several treaties of the Covenant Chain with the Iroquois, establishing a long-lived peace involving the colonies and other tribes that interacted with that confederacy. His actions and governance generally followed his instructions upon appointment to office, and he received approbation from the monarchs and governments that appointed him.

Andros was recalled to England from Virginia in 1698 and resumed the title of Bailiff of Guernsey. Although he no longer resided entirely on Guernsey, he was appointed lieutenant governor of the island and served in this position for four years. Andros died in 1714.