John Guy

English merchant and colonial administrator

1567 CE to 1629 CE

John Guy (died c. March 1629) is a merchant from Bristol, England, and the first Proprietary Governor of Newfoundland leading the first attempt to establish a colony on the island.

Prior to leaving for Newfoundland, John Guy had been a member of Bristol's Common Council and had acted as its sheriff from 1605 to 1606.

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