Stephen Delancey (colonial administrator)

Stephen de Lancey (1748 in New York City – 6 December 1798 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire[1][2]) was Chief Justice of the Bahamas and Governor of Tobago.

Early life

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De Lancey was the son of Major-General Oliver De Lancey, Sr. and Phila Franks, whose Ashkenazi Jewish parents had emigrated from London in the early eighteenth century. His paternal grandfather was Etienne de Lancey, also known as Stephen Delancey, and his brother was Oliver deLancey, a British Army officer.

Career

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De Lancey was a lawyer who served as the Clerk of the city and county of Albany, New York in 1765. He was also a Lieutenant-colonel of the 1st New Jersey loyal volunteers in 1782. In 1786, he was a member of the Nova Scotia Council and served as Chief Justice of the Bahamas from 1790 to 1797. From 1797 until his death in 1798, he was the Governor of Tobago.[1][3][4]

Personal life

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Stephen de Lancey was married to Cornelia Barclay. She was the daughter of the Rev. Henry Barclay, Rector of Trinity Church, New York.[3][4] Together, they were the parents of two children:

Delancey died on 6 December 1798 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire while serving as Governor of Tobago.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Marriages and Deaths of Remarkable Persons". The Gentleman's Magazine. 85: 165. 1799. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. ^ De Lancey, Magdalene (1815). A Week at Waterloo in 1815: Lady De Lancey's Narrative: Being an Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey (Major B. R. Ward ed.). Albemarle Street, Mayfair, London, England: John Murray. p. 9.
  3. ^ a b Chichester, Henry Manners (1886). "De Lancey, William Howe" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 8. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 305.
  4. ^ a b Sabine, Lorenzo (2009). Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, Volume 2 (First published, 1864). Applewood Books. p. 371. ISBN 9781429016971.