Richard Nicolls | |
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1st Colonial Governor of New York | |
In office September 1664 – Summer 1668 | |
Monarch | Charles II |
Preceded by | Peter Stuyvesant (as Director-General of New Netherland) |
Succeeded by | Francis Lovelace |
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Born | 1624 Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England |
Died | 28 May 1672 North Sea, off Suffolk | (aged 47–48)
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Richard Nicolls (sometimes written as Nichols, 1624 – 28 May 1672) was the first English colonial governor of New York province.