Henry Sloughter
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Henry Sloughter (died July 23, 1691) was briefly colonial governor of New York in 1691. Sloughter was the governor who put down
Leisler's Rebellion Leisler's Rebellion was an uprising in late-17th century colonial New York in which German American merchant and militia captain Jacob Leisler seized control of the southern portion of the colony and ruled it from 1689 to 1691. The uprising to ...
, which had installed
Jacob Leisler Jacob Leisler ( – May 16, 1691) was a German-born colonist who served as a politician in the Province of New York. He gained wealth in New Amsterdam (later New York City) in the fur trade and tobacco business. In what became known as Leisler ...
as ''de facto'' governor in 1689. He died suddenly in July 1691. Lieutenant Governor
Richard Ingoldesby Richard Ingoldesby (or Ingoldsby; died 1 March 1719) was a British army officer and lieutenant governor of both New Jersey and New York. He became the acting governor for the two colonies from May 1709 to April 1710. Life Ingoldesby served ...
, who had served against Leisler's rebels, took over after Sloughter's death until the arrival of Benjamin Fletcher.


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British Governors of Colonial New York
Year of birth missing 1691 deaths Governors of the Province of New York {{NewYork-politician-stub