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William Shirley (Sussex, 2 dicembre 1694 – Roxbury, 24 marzo 1771) è stato un amministratore coloniale che fu per lungo tempo governatore della provincia della Massachusetts Bay (1741–1749 e 1753–1756) e governatore delle Bahamas negli anni 1760.
William Shirley (2 December 1694 – 24 March 1771) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of the British American colonies of Massachusetts Bay and the Bahamas.
William Shirley (born December 2, 1694, Preston, Sussex, England—died March 24, 1771, Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S.) was a colonial governor of Massachusetts who played an important role in Britain’s struggle against France for control of North America.
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William Shirley è stato un amministratore coloniale che fu per lungo tempo governatore della provincia della Massachusetts Bay e governatore delle Bahamas negli anni 1760. È famoso per il ruolo che ebbe nel 1745 nell'assedio di Louisbourg, durante la guerra di Re Giorgio, e per la sua partecipazione alla guerra franco-indiana.
SHIRLEY, WILLIAM. (1694–1771). Colonial governor of Massachusetts. Son of a London merchant who died when he was only seven, William Shirley grew up amidst aristocratic connections but without the financial means for the life to which he aspired.
C. H. Lincoln; William Shirley, Governor of Massachusetts, 1741–1756: a History. Vol. I. By George Arthur Wood, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of American History,
