PHIPS, SIR WILLIAM
\fˈɪps], \fˈɪps], \f_ˈɪ_p_s]\
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(1651-1695), engaged in trade and in 1687 recovered ; £300,000 from a wrecked Spanish vessel. In 1690 he commanded the expedition which captured Port Royal and made an unsuccessful attempt to reduce Quebec with a naval force of thirty-four vessels and about 2000 men. While in England in 1692 he was appointed Governor of Massachusetts. He was prominent in the suppression of witchcraft. He was a man of great industry and integrity. He died while visiting England to answer charges against him.
By John Franklin Jameson
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