John Moultrie | |
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 John Moultrie | |
| Born | (1729-01-18)18 January 1729 |
| Died | 1798(1798-00-00) (aged 68–69) Shropshire, England |
| Occupation | Governor of East Florida |
John Moultrie (18 January 1729 – 1798) was an English slave owner[1] and politician who served as deputy governor ofEast Florida in the years before theAmerican Revolutionary War. He became acting governor when his predecessor,James Grant, was invalided home in 1771 and held the position until 1774. Moultrie again became a deputy under his successor,Patrick Tonyn, returning toGreat Britain in 1784.
Moultrie was one of five brothers who became a doctor after obtaining a medical degree from theUniversity of Edinburgh in 1749.[2]
Moultrie was married twice, first to Dorothy Mortin in 1753 and later to Eleanor Austin in 1762.[2] Moultrie, after practising as a doctor in Charlestown, moved toEast Florida in 1767 and became a planter.
Following the Revolutionary War and the loss of Florida by the British, Moultrie moved toEngland, where he settled at Aston Hall, which his wife had inherited from her father, atShifnal in Shropshire, and died there in 1798.[2] He was buried at Shifnal Church. In 1809, his daughter Cecilia married the naval officerJohn Bligh atSt Marylebone.[3] Moultrie's grandson,John Moultrie, was an English clergyman hymn-writer. His great-grandson,Gerard Moultrie, was also a hymn-writer.
Of his brothers, three were other key players on opposing sides of the Revolutionary War:
| Preceded by | Governor of BritishEast Florida 1771–1774 | Succeeded by |
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