Lord Proprietor was the gubernatorial title for the noble "ruling" proprietors of certain British proprietary colonies in North America, such as Maryland or Carolina. There were eight Lords Proprietor of the Province of Carolina: the Duke of Albemarle (1608-1670), the Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674), Lord John Berkeley (1607-1678), the Earl of Craven (1608-1697), Sir George Carteret (1615-1680), Sir William Berkeley (1606-1677), Sir John Colleton (1608-1666), and the Earl of Shaftsbury (1621-1683).

In present New Jersey, there were two propietory lordships:

Lords Proprietary of East Jersey

• August 1665 - 14 January 1680 Sir George Carteret (b. c.1610 - d. 1680)
• January 1680 - 1682 8 Proprietors
• 1682 - 1688 24 Proprietors (1st time)
• 1692 - April 1703 24 Proprietors (2nd time)

Lords Proprietary of West Jersey

• August 1665 - 18 March 1674 John Berkeley, Baron Berkeley of Stratton (b. 1602 - d. 1678)
• 18 March 1674 - February 1675 Edward Byllynge (1st time) (d. 1687)

+ John Fenwick (b. 1618 - d. 1683)

• February 1675 - September 1683 Trusteeship
• September 1683 - 1687 Edward Byllynge (2nd time) (s.a.)
• February 1687 - 1688 Daniel Coxe (b. c.1640 - d. 1730)
• 1692 - April 1703 12 Proprietors

Sources and references

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• WorldStatesmen USA- here States N

See also

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• British colonization of the Americas
• Donatario

Gubernatorial titles | Pre-revolutionary history of the United States