For the cricketer, see George Burrington (cricketer).
His Excellency
George Burrington
3rd and 5th Governor of North Carolina
In office 15 January 1724 – 17 July 1725
Monarch
George I
Preceded by
William Reed (acting)
Succeeded by
Sir Richard Everard
In office 25 February 1731 – 17 April 1734
Monarch
George II
Preceded by
Sir Richard Everard
Succeeded by
Nathaniel Rice (acting)
Personal details
Born
ca. 1682 Devonshire, England
Died
22 February 1759 Westminster, England
Cause of death
Homicide
Resting place
St. John the Evangelist, Westminster
Spouse
Sarah Croswell
(m. 1730)
George Burrington (ca. 1682 – 22 February 1759) was a British colonial official who served as the third and fifth governor of North Carolina from 1724 to 1725 and 1731 to 1734.[1] He is noted for opening the lower Cape Fear region to settlement.[2] From the outset of his administration, he encountered opposition to his authority.[1] In 1733 he noted that African slave ships did not bring their trade to his colony.[3]
^ abMarshall, De Lancey Haywood (1896). Governor Governor George Burrington, with an account of his official administrations in the colony of North Carolina, 1724-1725, 1731-1734. Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards & Broughton. p. 9. LCCN 06036151. OL 6975576M. Retrieved 25 December 2018 – via Internet Archive.
^North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program (1948). George Burrington, ca. 1682-1759 (North Carolina Highway Historical Marker). Pender County, N.C.: North Carolina Office of Archives & History. D-32. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
^Minchinton, Walter E. “The Seaborne Slave Trade of North Carolina.” The North Carolina Historical Review, vol. 71, no. 1, 1994, pp. 1–61. JSTOR website Retrieved 16 Oct. 2023.
GeorgeBurrington (ca. 1682 – 22 February 1759) was a British colonial official who served as the third and fifth governor of North Carolina from 1724...
Burrington Combe is a Carboniferous Limestone gorge near the village of Burrington, on the north side of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...
he assumed in April 1731 at the beginning of GeorgeBurrington's second term as governor. Burrington's first term as governor in 1724-25 had been marked...
State Records of North Carolina, retrieved April 29, 2014 Letter from GeorgeBurrington to the Board of Trade of Great Britain, Documenting the American South...
3 million litres) in 1752, the lowest level for twenty years. By 1757, GeorgeBurrington reported, "We do not see the hundreth part of poor wretches drunk...
the facility. The earliest known use of the area dates to 1725 when GeorgeBurrington operated a plantation following his first term as colonial governor...
appointed by the King were: Edward Hyde (1712) Charles Eden (1714–1722) GeorgeBurrington (1724–1725), (1731–1734) Sir Richard Everard (1725–1731) Gabriel Johnston...
on the part of North Carolina to the westward." In 1732, Governor GeorgeBurrington of North Carolina stated in Timothy's Southern Gazette that territory...
mainland colonies during the same period. In 1733, royal governor GeorgeBurrington complained that no ships brought their slave cargoes from Africa directly...
GeorgeBurrington (1682–1759) January 15, 1724 July 17, 1725 4 His Excellency Sir Richard Everard (1683–1733) July 17, 1725 February 25, 1731 George II...
until his own death in 1751. Royal Colony of North Carolina Governor GeorgeBurrington asks the North Carolina General Assembly to pass an act establishing...
earlier; a controversy arose with Richard Forster of Great Shefford GeorgeBurrington also answered, in 1757. It was argued against Braikenridge that population...
until his own death in 1751. Royal Colony of North Carolina Governor GeorgeBurrington asks the North Carolina General Assembly to pass an act establishing...
(1987–1993) 150 matches CA GeorgeBurrington (1901–1902) 3 matches CA Humphrey Burrington (1903–1905) 5 matches CA George Burrough (1936) 1 match CA Dickie...
acquired land in North Carolina, which was formally granted to him by GeorgeBurrington's council on August 4, 1723. Wimble later moved to Boston, Massachusetts...
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