Compiled by Russell Bastedo
State Curator
1998

Royal Governor Jonathan Belcher (1730-1741). Belcher (1681-1757) was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts and educated in Massachusetts. After school he spent several years traveling in Europe. He was then the colonial agent for Massachusetts and lived in London. He was appointed Royal Governor of Massachusetts and the province of New Hampshire, and served 1730-1741. He served as Royal Governor of New Jersey, 1747-1757

Location: State House, Second Floor, Executive Council Chambers
Portrait by A. Tenney after original at Massachusetts Historical Society; Presented to the State, 1879