Person

James Wright

American colonial lawyer and jurist who is the last British Royal Governor of the Province of Georgia

b. 1716 CE – d. 1785 CE World The Atlantic Lands

James Wright (May 8, 1716 – November 20, 1785) is an American colonial lawyer and jurist who is the last British Royal Governor of the Province of Georgia.

He is the only Royal Governor of the Thirteen Colonies to regain control of his colony during the American Revolutionary War.