About Henry Sloughter
Lived 1650 – 1691 (aged 40–41). Henry Sloughter was an English politician, colonel and governor.
Colonel Henry Sloughter (died July 23, 1691) was an English Army officer and colonial administrator who briefly served as the governor of New York in 1691. Sloughter was sent from England to the Province of New York to put down Leisler's Rebellion, which had installed Jacob Leisler as the de facto governor in 1689. However, he died suddenly in July 1691, and Richard Ingoldesby, who had fought against Leisler's rebels, took over after Sloughter's death until the arrival of Benjamin Fletcher.
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Who was Henry Sloughter?
English army officer, governor of New York
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Henry Sloughter was born in 1650.
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Henry Sloughter died on 23 July 1691.
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Henry Sloughter was a politician, colonel and governor.
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