Surinam (English colony)
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Surinam, also known as Willoughbyland, was a short-lived early English colony in South America in what is now Suriname. It was founded in 1650 by Lord Willoughby when he was the Royalist Governor of Barbados.[1]
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Colony of Surinam | |||||||||
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1650–1667 | |||||||||
Status | Colony of the Kingdom of England | ||||||||
Capital | Paramaribo | ||||||||
Common languages | Official English | ||||||||
Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||||||
Governor | |||||||||
• 1650-1654 | Anthony Rowse | ||||||||
• 1654-1667 | William Byam | ||||||||
Legislature | House of Burgesses | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1650 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1667 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Suriname |
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