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About Robert Gorges
Robert Gorges was a captain in the Royal Navy and briefly Governor-General of New England from 1623 to 1624. He was the son of Sir Ferdinando Gorges. After having served in the Venetian wars, Gorges was given a commission as Governor-General of New England and emigrated to modern Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1623, building his settlement on the site of the failed Wessagusset Colony.
Everything about Robert Gorges →- Occupation
- soldier, colonizer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1595
- Died
- 1624