Person Nicholson; Francis (1655 - 1728) Nicholson Francis 1655 - 1728 Male Downholme Park, near Richmond, Yorkshire 12 November 1655 London 05 March 1728 Burial: Parish of St George, Hanover Square, Westminster

Soldier Career: Page to the Marchioness of Winchester; Commission in army as Ensign (09 January 1678), Lieutenant (06 May 1684), Captain of a company of Foot for New England (1686); Lieutenant- Governor of New York (1686-1689) when, after an uprising, he took ship for England; Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia, where he founded a number of schools and the College of William and Mary (1690-1694); Governor of Maryland (1694-1698); Governor of Virginia (1698-1705); fought against the French in Canada and Acadia [Nova Scotia]; Governor of Acadia (1712-1715); Brigadier-General (1720); Governor of South Carolina (1720-death); retired to England (1725) but kept his position; left the bulk of his property to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospal; his executors were Abel Ketelby (FRS 1720) and Kingsmill Eyre (FRS 1726) Honours: Possibly Kt 1720, although this is not corroborated by Dalton or Shaw Probably the natural son of Charles Powlett, Marquess of Winchester and later 1st Duke of Bolton Royal Society roles: Council (1719, 1725, 1727) Fellow 04/12/1706 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Dalton George I, v2, pp53-62 References: P Fontes da Costa, 'The Culture of Curiosity at The Royal Society in the first half of the eighteenth century', NR 2002 vo l56 pp 147-166 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1660 - 5 Mar 1728 NA3711 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 59140f9a-3b68-4086-b869-63979fa74cac