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词条 Jonathan Atkins
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Sir Jonathan Atkins (c. 1610–1703) was Governor of Guernsey and Governor of Barbados.{{sfn|Schomburgk|1847|p=295}}{{sfn|Oldmixon|1741|p=32}}

Commissioned into the 1st Foot Guards he was promoted to colonel and served in the Carlisle garrison, becoming Governor of Rochester Castle and then of Guernsey (1665–1670).[1]

On 6 February 1674 he was commissioned Governor-in-Chief of Barbados, receiving his instructions on 28 February 1674.{{sfn|Sainsbury|1889}} He arrived in Barbados late October or early November 1674.{{sfn|Hoare|2010|p=53}} The hurricane of 31 August 1675 was '... the worſt Enemy this Iſland ever knew, ...'.{{sfn|Oldmixon|1741|p=33}} Atkins was recalled and replaced by Sir Richard Dutton in 1680 who 'found the Iſland in a very flourſhing Condition'.{{sfn|Oldmixon|1741|p=37}}

Atkins married Mary Howard, the eldest daughter of Sir William Howard and Mary Eure of Naworth Castle, on 17 November 1642. She died on 9 April 1660. At the age of 51 on 8 October 1661, Atkins married the c. 24-year-old widow, Elizabeth Anderson, daughter of Sir John Baker of Sissinghurst in Kent.{{sfn|Hoare|2010|p=52}}

On his death his estates were divided between his second son, Richard and his third son, John.

Bibliography

  • {{cite journal|last=Hoare|first=Peter|title=Sir Jonathan Atkins - Holborn House, Barbados - The marble relief of King's Lynn, Norfolk (1687): A puzzling link?|journal=Norfolk Archaeology|year=2010|volume=XLVI|pages=48–62}}
  • {{cite book|last=Oldmixon|first=J|authorlink=John Oldmixon|title=The British empire in America Vol 2|year=1741|publisher=J. Brotherton, J. Clarke, A. Ward, J. Clarke, C. Hitch [and 5 others]|location=London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tp9bAAAAQAAJ|accessdate=9 May 2011}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=70246&strquery=atkins |title=America and West Indies: February 1674 |last=Sainsbury|first=W N|publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1889 |work=Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies, Volume 7: 1669-1674 |accessdate=9 May 2011 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Schomburgk|first=R H|authorlink=Robert Hermann Schomburgk|title=The History of Barbados: Comprising a Geographical and Statistical Description of the Island; a Sketch of the Historical Events Since the Settlement; and an Account of Its Geology and Natural Productions|year=1847|publisher=Republished 2010 Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-02331-3}}

References

1. ^{{cite book|title=The Governors-General: The English Army and the Definition of the Empire ...|first=Stephen|last=Webb|page=470}}
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3 : 1610 births|1703 deaths|Governors of Barbados

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