Surinam (English colony)
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.
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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