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Lord Proprietor was the gubernatorial title for the noble "ruling" proprietors of certain British proprietary colonies in North America, such as Maryland or Carolina.
Carolina There were eight original Lords Proprietor of the Province of Carolina: the Duke of Albemarle (1608-1670), the Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674), Lord John Berkeley (1607-1678), the Earl of Craven (1608-1697), Sir George Carteret (c.1610-1680), Sir William Berkeley (1606-1677), Sir John Colleton (1608-1666), and the Earl of Shaftesbury (1621-1683). Seven of their descendants, all but the heir of Carteret, sold their shares to the Crown in 1729, thus ending proprietary rule. See Province of Carolina for more details. Jersey/New Jersey In present-day New Jersey, there were two propietary lordships: Lords Proprietary of East Jersey Lords Proprietary of West Jersey See also | ||||||||
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