Giles Masters
2nd Attorney General of the
Dominion of New England
In office
April 1687[1] – August 1687[1]
Appointed byEdmund Andros[1]
Preceded byBenjamin Bullivant
Succeeded byJames Graham
2nd Clerk of the Superior Court of the
Dominion of New England
In office
April 1687 – August 1687
Preceded byBenjamin Bullivant
Succeeded byJames Graham
Personal details
DiedFebruary 29, 1688[1]
Coat of Arms of Giles Masters

Giles Masters was appointed as the second Attorney General[1] of the Dominion of New England on the 30 of August, 1687[1] and the first under the reign of Sir Edmund Andros.[1] His service as Attorney General expired no earlier than August 25, 1687.[1]

Masters was sworn in as an attorney in 1686.[2][3][4][5] He was described as “not sympathetic toward our people”,[6] and he was known as "King's Attorney".[1][6][7] He reportedly had a relative named "Katherine Masters".[8]

Giles Masters died on February 29, 1688.[1][9][10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Massachusetts. General Court; Gifford, Stephen Nye; Marden, Geo A. (George Augustus); McLaughlin, Edward A.; Clapp, E. Herbert; Sleeper, George T.; Coolidge, Henry D. (Henry Dingley); Kimball, James W.; Stowe, William (1858). A manual for the use of the General Court. State Library of Massachusetts. Boston : William White.
  2. ↑ Washburn, Emory (1840). Sketches of the Judicial History of Massachusetts from 1630 to the Revolution in 1775. C.C. Little and J. Brown.
  3. ↑ Warren, Charles (1908). History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions in America. Lewis Publishing Company.
  4. ↑ Davis, William Thomas (1895). Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Vol. 1. Boston: The Boston History Company. p. 263.
  5. ↑ Warren, Charles (2013-07-04). A History of the American Bar. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-66841-6.
  6. 1 2 "Masters Coat of Arms Meanings and Family Crest Artwork". coadb.com: Coat of Arms, Surname Histories, Genealogy. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  7. ↑ Barnes, Viola Florence (1923). The Dominion of New England. Yale University Press.
  8. ↑ Old-Time New England 1931-01: Vol 21 Iss 3. Internet Archive. Society for Preservation of New England. January 1931.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. New England Historic Genealogical Society. 1852.
  10. ↑ randolph, edward (1898). piblications for the prince society.


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