Richard Nicolls

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An English military officer and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of New York from 1664 to 1668. 

Born, 1624
Died, May 28, 1672
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Francis Lovelace,Nicolls was replaced by Francis Lovelace as New York governor.
Peter Stuyvesant,Peter Stuyvesant preceded Nicolls as Director General of New Neterland. Nicolls was a military officer who led the English flotilla bent on destruction. But he changed his strategy once he encountered Stuyvesant.
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