1592 - 1672
Richard Bellingham British Attorney
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| First Name |
Richard
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| Last Name |
Bellingham
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1591
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| Birthplace |
Boston, Lincolnshire, England
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| Died |
7th December, 1672
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| Place of Death |
Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation |
Attorney
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Richard Bellingham (c. 1592 – 7 December 1672) was a colonial magistrate, lawyer, and several-time governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the last surviving signatory of the colonial charter at his death. A wealthy lawyer in Lincolnshire prior to his departure for the New World in 1634, he was a liberal political opponent of the moderate John Winthrop, arguing for expansive views on suffrage and lawmaking, but also religiously somewhat conservative, opposing (at times quite harshly) the efforts of Quakers and Baptists to settle in the colony. He was one of the architects of the Massachusetts Body of Liberties, a document embodying many sentiments also found in the United States Bill of Rights.
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