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The Provincial Governor in the English Colonies of North America
The Provincial Governor in the English Colonies of North America Author:Evarts Boutell Greene General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1898 Original Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co. Subjects: United States Great Britain History / Europe / Great Britain History / North America Political Science / General History / Europe / Great Britain History / North America History / United States / Col... more »onial Period (1600-1775) Political Science / General Political Science / Political Process / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. THE GOVERNOR'S APPOINTMENT, TENURE OF OFFICE, AND EMOLUMENTS. The provincial governor of the royal and proprietary colonies was appointed by the higher authority in England, though the appointment came in the one case from the crown, and in the other from a proprietor or a group of proprietors. As has been seen already, however, the crown had so far extended its control over the proprietary governments that the appointment of governors was subject to confirmation by the crown. The royal governors, on the other hand, were usually appointed on the recommendation of the Board of Trade, by order of the king in council.1 The methods by which these appointments were secured were similar to those employed in the other departments of the British public service in the days of the Whig ascendancy. In a report submitted to the Board of Trade in 1715 there is an interesting statement of the principles governing such appointments: "Governments have bin sometimes given as a reward for Services done to the Crown, and with design that such persons should thereby make their fortunes. But they are generally obtained by the favour of great Men to some of their dependants or relations, and they have bin sometimes given to persons who were oblidged t...« less