| LC control no. | nr 95030982 |
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| Personal name heading | Johnson, Nathaniel, Sir, 1644-1712 |
| Variant(s) | Johnson, Nathaniel, Sir, -1712 Johnson, Nathaniel, Sir, d. 1712 |
| See also | Carolina. Governor (1703-1709 : Johnson) |
| Birth date | 1644 |
| Death date | 1712 |
| Special note | Data provided by the ESTC/BL |
| Found in | The town of New-Castle upon Tine having elected Sir William Blacket, Baronet; and Sir Ralph Carr, Knight. their burgesses, in the late Parliament, dissolved by his Majesties proclamation, bearing date the 18th. day of January 1680. Sir William Blacket had the honour of dying in that service, upon which the said town unanimously chose their present mayor Nathaniel Johnson Esq; who accordingly this last session of Parliament gave his attendance at Westminster, and had the honour of knighthood conferred on him by his Majesty, 1681. Alumni Oxon.: ser. 1 (Johnson, Nathaniel, gent.; matr. 1657; BA 1660) Letter from Nathaniel Johnson to John Archdale relative to the dissenters, the fortification of Charleston and a request for a law relative to the dissenters, 1706 [MS]. South Carolina Encyclopedia website, accessed July 26, 2023 (Johnson, Sir Nathaniel, 1644-1712; Nathaniel became a merchant in the Baltic trade out of Newcastle, representing that city in Parliament. His political views and his service as translator at the sensational murder trial of Count Konigsmark brought him the governorship of the Leeward Islands in 1686. He became a cassique of South Carolina that same year. <https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/johnson-sir-nathaniel/> |
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