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Thomas Pownall (bapt. 4 September 1722 N.S. – 25 February 1805) was a British colonial official 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.
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Thomas Pownall (getauft am 4. September 1722 ( gregor. ); † 25. Februar 1805) war ein britischer Politiker und Kolonialbeamter. Er war von 1757 bis 1760 Gouverneur der Province of Massachusetts Bay und von 1767 bis 1805 Abgeordneter im britischen House of Commons. Er unternahm vor dem Unabhängigkeitskrieg weite Reisen in den ...
Februar 1805) war ein britischer Politiker und Kolonialbeamter. Er war von 1757 bis 1760 Gouverneur der Province of Massachusetts Bay und von 1767 bis 1805 Abgeordneter im britischen House of Commons.
Thomas Pownall. primary name: Pownall, Thomas. Details. individual; politician/statesman; painter/draughtsman; British; Male. Life dates. 1722-1805. Biography.
HOMAS POWNALL'S The Administration of the Colonies is remarkable in political literature, not only for the timeliness of its first publication, but for the way in which subsequent editions kept pace with changing events. It was first published as a pamphlet early in I764. New editions came out in I765, I766, I768, and I774, by which time the ...
POWNALL, THOMAS. (1722–1805). Colonial governor. Born on 4 September 1722 and educated at Lincoln and Trinity College (Cambridge), after 1743 Thomas Pownall entered the office of the Board of Trade, where his brother was secretary. He accompanied Sir Danvers Osborn to New York as the new governor's secretary and remained after Osborn ...
1. Jan. 2018 · Pownall, Thomas (1722–1805) Reference work entry. First Online: 01 January 2018. pp 10581–10582. Cite this reference work entry. Henry W. Spiegel. 21 Accesses. Abstract. English colonial administrator and Governor of Massachusetts, Pownall was an early critic of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations.
