<Li> John Vardill (July 5, 1749--January 16, 1811), New York City - born British spy, clergyman, educator, pamphleteer, playwright, and poet </Li> <Ul> <Li> Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (1737--1820), last Royal Governor of New Hampshire at the time of the American Revolution; Lieutenant - Governor of Nova Scotia </Li> <Li> Robert Winthrop (1764--1832), descendant of John Winthrop; Vice Admiral in the British Navy, residing in England </Li> <Li> Charles Woodmason (ca . 1720--1789), Church of England missionary in South Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, diarist, poet, and corresponding member of the Royal Society of Arts, London . He authored an article published (under the pseudonym "Sylvanus") in the South Carolina Gazette and Country - Journal on March 28, 1769 chiding the local Patriot leaders for hypocrisy and asked pointedly how they could justly complain of "No taxation without representation!" regarding Acts of Parliament, while these very same powerful men denied the Carolina Backcountry any representation in South Carolina's Assembly, yet expected them to pay taxes passed by that body . </Li> <Li> Gov. James Wright (1716--1785), last Royal Governor of Georgia, buried in Westminster Abbey </Li> </Ul> <Li> Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (1737--1820), last Royal Governor of New Hampshire at the time of the American Revolution; Lieutenant - Governor of Nova Scotia </Li> <Li> Robert Winthrop (1764--1832), descendant of John Winthrop; Vice Admiral in the British Navy, residing in England </Li>

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