Horatio Sharpe
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Horatio Sharpe | |
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11th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government | |
In office 1753–1768 | |
Preceded by | Benjamin Tasker Sr. |
Succeeded by | Robert Eden |
Personal details | |
Born | 1718 Hull, Yorkshire, England |
Died | November 9, 1790 Hampstead, London, England | (aged 71–72)
Profession | colonial governor |
Horatio Sharpe (1718 – November 9, 1790) was the 22nd proprietary governor of Maryland from 1753 to 1768 under the restored proprietary government of Maryland.
Early life
Horatio Sharpe was born in
Career
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He was commissioned in the King's forces in 1745 as a
Appointed by the King in 1754 as the Royal Commander in Chief of all British Forces and commander of colonial forces for the protection of Virginia and adjoining Colonies, Sharpe was superseded by the arrival of Maj. Gen.
He was a capable civil and military administrator, gentleman-farmer, enslaver, horse collector, hospitable host, and friend of George Mason and George Washington.[4]
Horatio Sharpe also built
Between 1760 and 1765, according to a 1912 biography, "The governor spent as much of his time as was possible at Whitehall, amusing himself with his favourite pursuit of farming", with most of the labor provided by enslaved people:
No kinder master could be found, and his large retinue of negro slaves and indentured white servants were supremely happy. The duty of looking after the welfare and comfort of those under him was faithfully discharged.[5]
Return to England
He returned to England to attend to family matters in 1773 and remained there until he died in 1790. Horatio Sharpe is named explicitly in the Maryland Confiscation Act of 1780. He was encouraged by the new state of Maryland to return from England to Maryland and reclaim his lands. Barring that, he was permitted to sell or dispose of all his Maryland properties. Sharpe sold or gave his Maryland properties to his long-time secretary, John Ridout, who had stayed in Maryland during the Revolutionary War to protect his former employer's property.
Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet (1741–1784) was the last Royal Governor of Maryland. He followed Horatio Sharpe as governor in 1769.
Death
Sharpe died on November 9, 1790, in Hampstead in London.[1]
Legacy
In 1763, Sharpsburg, Maryland, was named in honor of Sharpe by his friend and the town's founder, Joseph Chapline.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "SHARPE, HORATIO (1718-1790)" (PDF). Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ Daniel Lysons, 'Elstree', in The Environs of London: Volume 4, Counties of Herts, Essex and Kent (London, 1796), pp. 24-28 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol4/pp24-28.
- ^ East Barnet by Frederick Charles Cass
- ^ Source: Jim Bartlinski, Carlyle House Curator, 14 Feb 2006
- ^ Edgar, Matilda Ridout (1912). A colonial governor in Maryland, Horatio Sharpe and his time, 1753-1773. Robarts - University of Toronto. London, Long. pp. 188, 189.
- ^ "History of Sharpsburg". sharpsburgmd.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
External links
- Sharpe's correspondence. From The Archives of Maryland
- [1].