New York Royal Governor. He was Royal Governor of the colony of New York from 1732 to 1736. Born in 1690, at Stradbally Hall, in what was then Queen's County, Ireland, known now as County Laois, he enlisted in the British Army, and in Major General James Stanhope's command in the British Army at Spain. Beginning as a Cornet of the 5th Dragoon Guards, he eventually rose to Colonel and commander of the 18th Irish Regiment in December of 1717. At some point during his military career he married Grace Montagu, who was the sister of George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax. Cosby was promoted to Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Ireland in 1717. He was appointed by British King George II as Governor of New York in 1732, and the next year presided over the famous John Peter Zenger free-press case. Cosby died of tuberculosis on March 10, 1736, at the Governor's House at Fort George, in what is currently known as Battery Park, New York City. He was interred at Fort George's Chapel, and later exhumed to an unmarked grave in the Saint Paul Church Cemetery.
New York Royal Governor. He was Royal Governor of the colony of New York from 1732 to 1736. Born in 1690, at Stradbally Hall, in what was then Queen's County, Ireland, known now as County Laois, he enlisted in the British Army, and in Major General James Stanhope's command in the British Army at Spain. Beginning as a Cornet of the 5th Dragoon Guards, he eventually rose to Colonel and commander of the 18th Irish Regiment in December of 1717. At some point during his military career he married Grace Montagu, who was the sister of George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax. Cosby was promoted to Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Ireland in 1717. He was appointed by British King George II as Governor of New York in 1732, and the next year presided over the famous John Peter Zenger free-press case. Cosby died of tuberculosis on March 10, 1736, at the Governor's House at Fort George, in what is currently known as Battery Park, New York City. He was interred at Fort George's Chapel, and later exhumed to an unmarked grave in the Saint Paul Church Cemetery.
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