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Benjamin Tasker Sr.
Benjamin Tasker Sr. | |
|---|---|
| 10th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government | |
| In office 1752–1753 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Ogle |
| Succeeded by | Horatio Sharpe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1690 Calvert County, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | June 19, 1768 (aged 77–78) Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. |
| Resting place | St. Anne's Churchyard |
| Spouse |
Ann Bladen (m. 1711) |
| Children | 10 |
| Profession |
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Benjamin Tasker Sr. (c. 1690 – June 19, 1768) was the 21st Proprietary Governor of Maryland from 1752 to 1753.[1] He also occupied a number of other significant colonial offices, including, on various occasions, being elected Mayor of Annapolis.
- ^ Richardson, Hester Dorsey (1903). Side-lights on Maryland History: With Sketches of Early Maryland Families. Baltimore, Maryland: Williams and Wilkins Company. pp. 17–18. ISBN 0-8063-0296-8.
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