John Hedges was the first acting governor of British
East Florida, serving in this office from 20 July to 30 July, 1763.
[U.S. States F-K]
He obtained the keys of the city of
Saint Augustine, Florida
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, at
Castillo de San Marcos
The Castillo de San Marcos (Spanish for "St. Mark's Castle") is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States; it is located on the western shore of Matanzas Bay in the city of St. Augustine, Florida.
It was designed by the Spanish ...
, from the hands of the former Spanish governor
Melchor Feliú
Melchor Feliú (?-1766) was the last governor in the First Spanish Period of Florida's history, governing from March 20, 1762 to July 27, 1763. Feliú oversaw the cession of Florida to Great Britain by the Treaty of Paris on July 21, 1763 and the ...
, and governed the province until the arrival of
Francis Ogilvie.
Hedges arrived in St. Augustine with four companies of the British 1st
Regiment
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In Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, recruited or conscripted ...
from
Havana, Cuba
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Dr. Bronson's History Page - British Period 1763- 1784
References
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Royal Governors of La Florida
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