Francis Fauquier
BIRTH
1703
England
DEATH
March 3, 1768
Williamsburg, Virginia
Governor of the Province of Virginia
1758-1768
FAMILY
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Fauquier, Francis
(1703-1768)
Francis Fauquier was lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1758 to 1768. Known for intellectual interests and generally conciliatory leadership, he governed during the Stamp Act crisis and influenced members of the generation that later led the Revolution.
HOMES:
MUSEUM
Governor's Palace
300 Palace Green St, Williamsburg, VA 23185
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WIFE
Catherine Dalston
(c. 1710-1781)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Colonial Williamsburg | 101 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Governor's Palace | 300 Palace Green St, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM |
DIED:
Williamsburg, Virginia
Mar 3, 1768
The exact date and place of Francis Fauquier’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies Francis Fauquier with work or public activity as a statesman. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. Francis Fauquier died on Mar 3, 1768 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.