Surinam (English colony)

Colony of Surinam
1650–1667
Flag of Surinam
StatusColony of the Kingdom of England
CapitalParamaribo
Common languagesOfficial
English
GovernmentConstitutional monarchy
Governor 
• 1650-1654
Anthony Rowse
• 1654-1667
William Byam
LegislatureHouse of Burgesses
History 
• Established
1650
• Disestablished
1667
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Indigenous peoples in Suriname
Surinam (Dutch colony)
Today part ofSuriname

Surinam, also known as Willoughbyland, was a short-lived early English colony in South America in what is now Suriname. It was founded in 1650 by Lord Willoughby when he was the Royalist Governor of Barbados.[1]

  1. ^ Parker, Matthew (2016). Willoughbyland: England's Lost Colony. Windmill Books. pp. 84, 111, 116. ISBN 9780099559399.