Edmund Plowden (colonial governor)
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Sir Edmund Plowden also titled Lord Earl Palatinate
, Governor and Captain-General of the Province of New Albion in North America was an explorer and colonial governor who attempted to colonize North America in the mid-seventeenth century under a grant for a colony to be named New Albion
. This attempt, fraught with mutiny
, legal woes, lack of funds, and bad timing and compromised by Plowden's ill-temper, was a failure, and Plowden returned to England in 1649.
(1515–1585), Sir Edmund Plowden was born in 1590 to Francis Plowden (1562–1652) and Mary Fermor. Plowden married Mabel Marriner (1596–1674) in 1609.
County palatine
A county palatine or palatinate is an area ruled by an hereditary nobleman possessing special authority and autonomy from the rest of a kingdom or empire. The name derives from the Latin adjective palatinus, "relating to the palace", from the noun palatium, "palace"...
, Governor and Captain-General of the Province of New Albion in North America was an explorer and colonial governor who attempted to colonize North America in the mid-seventeenth century under a grant for a colony to be named New Albion
New Albion (colony)
New Albion was an English colony in the area of modern-day New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland in the United States.Colonization was unsuccessfully attempted by Sir Edmund Plowden, under the authority of a charter granted by Charles I in 1634...
. This attempt, fraught with mutiny
Mutiny
Mutiny is a conspiracy among members of a group of similarly situated individuals to openly oppose, change or overthrow an authority to which they are subject...
, legal woes, lack of funds, and bad timing and compromised by Plowden's ill-temper, was a failure, and Plowden returned to England in 1649.
Biography
The grandson of the eminent jurist, Edmund PlowdenEdmund Plowden
Sir Edmund Plowden was a distinguished English lawyer, legal scholar and theorist during the late Tudor period.-Life:...
(1515–1585), Sir Edmund Plowden was born in 1590 to Francis Plowden (1562–1652) and Mary Fermor. Plowden married Mabel Marriner (1596–1674) in 1609.