Edward Hunloke (d. ) was deputy governor of

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between 1690 and 1692.

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Hunloke was appointed deputy governor by absentee Governor

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after

Sir Edmund Andros Sir Edmund Andros (6 December 1637 – 24 February 1714; also spelled ''Edmond'') was an English colonial administrator in British America. He was the governor of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence. At other ...

, governor of the

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, was deposed and returned to

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. Coxe had initially appointed John Tatham, but Tatham, a suspected Jacobite, was rejected by the province. Edward Hunloke held office at least until Coxe sold his interest in the province to the West Jersey Society, a group of English investors. The West Jersey Society appointed Andrew Hamilton governor, presumably superseding Hunloke. Edward Hunloke continued to be referred to as Deputy Governor in court documents at least as late as 1694, however this appears to have been an honorific title. After the late 1690s the government of East and

became increasingly dysfunctional. This ultimately resulted in the surrender by the Proprietors of

East Jersey The Province of East Jersey, along with the Province of West Jersey, between 1674 and 1702 in accordance with the Quintipartite Deed, were two distinct political divisions of the Province of New Jersey, which became the U.S. state of New Jersey. ...

and those of

of the right of government to Queen Anne. Anne's government united the two colonies as the

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, a

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, establishing a new system of government. In 1703 Edward Hunloke was appointed by

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as a member of the

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, however he died before his commission reached American shores. Edward Hunloke made his will on June 4, 1702; proved August 8, 1702.''Historical and Genealogical Miscellany'', John E. Stillwell, M. D., Vol. III; New York, 1914, p. 47

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