Giles Masters Explained

Giles Masters
Order:2nd
Term Start:April 1687[1]
Term End:August 1687[2]
Appointed:Edmund Andros[3]
Order2:2nd
Term Start2:April 1687
Term End2:August 1687
Successor2:James Graham
Death Date:February 29, 1688[4]

Giles Masters was appointed as the second Attorney General[5] of the Dominion of New England on the 30 of August, 1687 and the first under the reign of Sir Edmund Andros. His service as Attorney General expired no earlier than August 25, 1687.

Masters was sworn in as an attorney in 1686.[6] [7] [8] [9] He was described as “not sympathetic toward our people”,[10] and he was known as "King's Attorney".[11] He reportedly had a relative named "Katherine Masters".[12] Giles Masters died on February 29, 1688.[13] [14]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Massachusetts. General Court . A manual for the use of the General Court . Gifford . Stephen Nye . Marden . Geo A. (George Augustus) . McLaughlin . Edward A. . Clapp . E. Herbert . Sleeper . George T. . Coolidge . Henry D. (Henry Dingley) . Kimball . James W. . Stowe . William . 1858 . Boston : William White . State Library of Massachusetts.
  2. Book: Massachusetts. General Court . A manual for the use of the General Court . Gifford . Stephen Nye . Marden . Geo A. (George Augustus) . McLaughlin . Edward A. . Clapp . E. Herbert . Sleeper . George T. . Coolidge . Henry D. (Henry Dingley) . Kimball . James W. . Stowe . William . 1858 . Boston : William White . State Library of Massachusetts.
  3. Book: Massachusetts. General Court . A manual for the use of the General Court . Gifford . Stephen Nye . Marden . Geo A. (George Augustus) . McLaughlin . Edward A. . Clapp . E. Herbert . Sleeper . George T. . Coolidge . Henry D. (Henry Dingley) . Kimball . James W. . Stowe . William . 1858 . Boston : William White . State Library of Massachusetts.
  4. Book: Massachusetts. General Court . A manual for the use of the General Court . Gifford . Stephen Nye . Marden . Geo A. (George Augustus) . McLaughlin . Edward A. . Clapp . E. Herbert . Sleeper . George T. . Coolidge . Henry D. (Henry Dingley) . Kimball . James W. . Stowe . William . 1858 . Boston : William White . State Library of Massachusetts.
  5. Book: Massachusetts. General Court . A manual for the use of the General Court . Gifford . Stephen Nye . Marden . Geo A. (George Augustus) . McLaughlin . Edward A. . Clapp . E. Herbert . Sleeper . George T. . Coolidge . Henry D. (Henry Dingley) . Kimball . James W. . Stowe . William . 1858 . Boston : William White . State Library of Massachusetts.
  6. Book: Washburn, Emory . Sketches of the Judicial History of Massachusetts from 1630 to the Revolution in 1775 . 1840 . C.C. Little and J. Brown . en.
  7. Book: Warren, Charles . History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions in America . 1908 . Lewis Publishing Company . en.
  8. Book: Davis, William Thomas . Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1 . 263 . The Boston History Company . 1895 . Boston.
  9. Book: Warren, Charles . A History of the American Bar . 2013-07-04 . Cambridge University Press . 978-1-107-66841-6 . en.
  10. Web site: Masters Coat of Arms Meanings and Family Crest Artwork . 2022-10-31 . coadb.com: Coat of Arms, Surname Histories, Genealogy . en-US.
  11. Book: Barnes, Viola Florence . The Dominion of New England . 1923 . Yale University Press . en.
  12. Book: Old-Time New England 1931-01: Vol 21 Iss 3 . January 1931 . Society for Preservation of New England . English.
  13. Book: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register . 1852 . New England Historic Genealogical Society . en.
  14. Book: randolph, edward . piblications for the prince society . 1898 . en.

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