Colonel Colonel ( ; abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military Officer (armed forces), officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...

Henry Sloughter (died July 23, 1691) was an English Army officer and colonial administrator who briefly served as the

governor of New York The governor of New York is the head of government of the U.S. state of New York. The governor is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor ...

in 1691. Sloughter was sent from England to the

Province of New York The Province of New York was a British proprietary colony and later a royal colony on the northeast coast of North America from 1664 to 1783. It extended from Long Island on the Atlantic, up the Hudson River and Mohawk River valleys to ...

put down Leisler's Rebellion, which had installed Jacob Leisler as the ''de facto'' governor in 1689. However, he died suddenly in July 1691 and Richard Ingoldesby, who had fought against Leisler's rebels, took over after Sloughter's death until the arrival of Benjamin Fletcher.British Governors of Colonial New York
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