ANDROS, SIR EDMUND (163 7-1714), English colonial governor in America, was born in London on Dec. 6, 1637, son of Amice Andros, royal bailiff of the island of Guernsey. In 1674 he outh, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire were con solidated, and in 1688 his jurisdiction was extended over New York and the Jerseys. But his interference with colonial rights and customs aroused resentment, and on April 18, 1689, soon after news of the arrival of William, prince of Orange, in England reached Boston, the colonists deposed and arrested him, and the inter-colonial union was dissolved. Andros was sent to England for trial in 169o, but was immediately released, and from 1692 un til 1698 he was governor of Virginia, but was recalled through the agency of the Commissary James Blair with whom he quar relled. In 1693-94 he was also governor of Maryland. From i 704-06 he was governor of Guernsey. He died in London in Feb. 1714 and was buried at St. Anne's, Soho.
See The Andros Tracts (Boston,