blockversewordysbillionaire.aiyourlistWhiteboardAppquizieunschool

News

Home
Popular
Elections

Genius — OpenServe

Sponsored

Thomas Pownall — latest news, discussion & facts — IJR

Thomas Pownall

politician

Thomas Pownall

British colonial official, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Province (1722-1805)

0members1here now

Ask Genius Site

Feed Discussions About

Sort by

Content type

Loading

Latest Thomas Pownall news and discussion

Sort by

Content type

Nothing published yet

The conversation starts anyway — post the first discussion above.

About Thomas Pownall

Thomas Pownall was a British colonial administrator and politician. He was governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1757 to 1760, and afterwards sat in the House of Commons from 1767 to 1780. He travelled widely in British North America prior to the American Revolutionary War, opposed Parliamentary attempts to tax the colonies, and was a minority advocate of colonial positions until the Revolution.

0

members

1

here now

Occupation

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Richard Earlom (1743-1822), engraver via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

politician, governor

Position held

Governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay, Lieutenant Governor of Colonial New Jersey, member of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain

Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Born

September 4, 1722

Died

February 25, 1805, February 5, 1805

Everything about Thomas Pownall →

Live room · 1 here

Be the first in the room — members see you arrive.

Related journals

Family

Harriet Churchill Hannah Kennett John Pownall

Connected

The history and art of horsemanship Whigs Governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay Lieutenant Governor of Colonial New Jersey member of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain member of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain member of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain Trinity College Lincoln Christ's Hospital School

Thomas Pownall across IJR

Ask Genius by OpenServe about Thomas Pownall Create in Studio Build a game Watch videos