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Giles Masters | |
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2ndAttorney General of the Dominion of New England | |
In office April 1687 [1] –August 1687 [1] | |
Appointed by | Edmund Andros [1] |
Preceded by | Benjamin Bullivant |
Succeeded by | James Graham |
2ndClerk of the Superior Court of the Dominion of New England | |
In office April 1687 –August 1687 | |
Preceded by | Benjamin Bullivant |
Succeeded by | James Graham |
Personal details | |
Died | February 29,1688 [1] |
Giles Masters was appointed as the second Attorney General [1] of the Dominion of New England on the 30 of August,1687 [1] and the first under the reign of Sir Edmund Andros. [1] His service as Attorney General expired no earlier than August 25,1687. [1]
Masters was sworn in as an attorney in 1686. [2] [3] [4] [5] He was described as “not sympathetic toward our people”, [6] and he was known as "King's Attorney". [1] [6] [7] He reportedly had a relative named "Katherine Masters". [8]
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