Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
In office August 8, 1732 – April 4, 1757
Preceded by
William Tailer
Succeeded by
Thomas Hutchinson
Acting Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
In office September 15, 1749 – August 7, 1753
Preceded by
William Shirley
Succeeded by
William Shirley
In office September 25, 1756 – April 4, 1757
Preceded by
William Shirley
Succeeded by
Massachusetts Governor's Council (acting)
Personal details
Born
June 6, 1685 Rowley, Massachusetts
Died
April 4, 1757(1757-04-04) (aged 71) Cambridge, Massachusetts
Spencer Phips (June 6, 1685 – April 4, 1757) was a government official in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Born Spencer Bennett, he was adopted by Massachusetts Governor Sir William Phips, his uncle by marriage, whose name he legally took. Phips served for many years in the provincial assembly, and on the governor's council, before receiving an appointment as lieutenant governor in 1732, a post he held until his death. He was twice formally acting governor.
adopted by Massachusetts Governor Sir William Phips, his uncle by marriage, whose name he legally took. Phips served for many years in the provincial assembly...
was forced to prematurely disband after five months. Phips was born the son of James and Mary Phips in a frontier settlement at Nequasset (present-day Woolwich...
until March 21, 1715 when the king's order arrived. Acting governor SpencerPhips died in 1757, and the council governed until the arrival of Thomas Pownall...
as his surrogates, and he carefully instructed Lieutenant Governor SpencerPhips to not give his enemies opportunities to manoeuvre in his absence. In...
their side or be considered hostile. In 1755, governor of Massachusetts SpencerPhips placed a scalp bounty on Penobscot. With a smaller population and greater...
and 1863 SpencerPhips (1685–1757), Acting Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1749 to 1753 and from 1756 to 1757 William Phips (1651–1695)...
1742 and in 1755 was appointed provincial secretary by Acting Governor SpencerPhips. In 1765, Oliver was commissioned to administer the unpopular Stamp...
the attempted assassination of Louis XV of France (b. 1715) April 4 – SpencerPhips, Acting governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1685) April...
Maria Corsini, Italian Catholic priest and cardinal (d. 1770) June 6 – SpencerPhips, Acting governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1757) June...
dealings, including a bargain with Konkapot and Umpachene, a petition to SpencerPhips that lands be confirmed, in exchange for a loan he had made to the Mahicans...
Maria Corsini, Italian Catholic priest and cardinal (d. 1770) June 6 – SpencerPhips, Acting governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1757) June...
egregious due to the Battle of Norridgewock and the proclamation issued by SpencerPhips, both of which led to the deaths of numerous Abenaki and Penobscot Peoples...
Sockbeson was a historical consultant for the film Bounty, about the SpencerPhips Proclamation. In 2013, Sockbeson and her Indigenous colleagues were...
(Resigned) 24 Chambers Russell (1713–1766) St. Sewall 1752 – 1766 (Died) SpencerPhips 25 Peter Oliver (1713–1791) R. Saltonstall 1756 – 1772 (Continued as...
How) – husband of Elizabeth Howe Lady Mary Phips (née Spencer) – wife of Massachusetts Governor Sir William Phips Margaret Sheaf Thacher (née Webb) – Jonathan...
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