Daniel Parke

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title: Daniel Parke
text: Colonel Daniel Parke Jr. was an American-born military officer, planter, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of the Leeward Islands from 1706 to 1710, when he was lynched by a mob in Antigua. Best known for his military service in Europe under the Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession, Parke was the only governor in Britain's American colonies to be murdered. Born in 1664 in the colony of Virginia into a prominent colonial family, Parke was sen
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description: American-born military officer and colonial administrator (1664–1710)
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Parke
date created: 2006-03-16T01:21:27Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T04:50:31Z
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