Francis Fauquier - Wikipedia
Francis Fauquier (1703 – 3 March 1768) was a British colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1758 to 1768. Born in England to a Huguenot family, he emigrated to the British colony of Virginia to take up of the office of lieutenant governor.
Francis Fauquier (bap. 1703–1768) - Encyclopedia Virginia
Aug 26, 2024 · Francis Fauquier served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1758 until his death in 1768 and during the terms of two absentee governors, John Campbell, fourth earl of Loudoun, and Sir Jeffery Amherst.
Francis Fauquier (1703-1768) - The American Revolution
The erudite and enlightened Francis Fauquier was Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1758 to 1768 as colonial leaders formed opposition to Parliament's authority to enact the Stamp and Townshend acts.
Francis Fauquier (bap. 1703–1768) - Library of Virginia
The Official Papers of Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1758–1768 (1980–1983), with biography in 1:xxxv–xlviii. Return to biography on Encyclopedia Virginia.
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Fauquier, Francis
FAUQUIER, FRANCIS (1704?–1768), financial writer, lieutenant-governor of Virginia, was the eldest son of Dr. John Francis Fauquier, one of the directors of the Bank of England, who died 22 Sept. 1726 (Hist. Reg. for 1726, p. 37). His mother's name was Elizabeth Chamberlayne.
Francis Fauquier (1703-1768) - Find a Grave Memorial
In 1765, deciding that Patrick Henry was a 'hothead', Fauquier dissolved the House of Burgesses during the Stamp Act crisis. An accomplished writer, he published several financial essays, though in the matter of gambling he unfortunately failed to heed his own advice.
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Jan 9, 2024 · Fauquier County. Francis Fauquier was lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1758 until he died in 1768. He did the actual work during Loudoun’s time as absentee governor and was part of one of the first acts of colonial defiance against the British Crown.
From George Washington to Francis Fauquier, 17 June 1758
Feb 5, 2002 · Fauquier arrived in the colonial capital to begin his ten years as lieutenant governor of Virginia on 5 June. This was the day that GW left Martha Custis’s house in New Kent County on his return to Fort Loudoun from Williamsburg. For GW’s mission to Williamsburg, see particularly GW to Adam Stephen, 24 May 1758, n.2. 2.
From George Washington to Francis Fauquier, 2 December 1758
Feb 6, 2002 · The Official Papers of Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1758–1768. 3 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1980–83. description ends , 1:162–63).
The speech of the Honble Francis Fauquier, Esq; his Majesty's Lieutenant Governour, and commander in chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia Author Printed Ephemera Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress.