Where was the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia assisted by Richard Bulkeley governor at the time of the American Revolution?
Richard Bulkeley (civil servant) Richard Bulkeley (26 December 1717 – 7 December 1800) was an influential administrator in Nova Scotia for over 50 years (1749-1800). Historian Phyllis Blakeley writes that Bulkeley, "assisted 13 governors and lieutenant governors from Cornwallis to Wentworth. In half a century of service he took part in the founding of Halifax, the immigration of New Englanders and loyalists, and the prosperity of the French revolutionary wars." During his lifetime, known for hosting dignitaries and grand parties, he was known as "the Father of the Province." When he died, he was the last surviving settler who arrived with Cornwallis.
Migration from Yorkshire to Nova Scotia Migration from Yorkshire to Nova Scotia occurred between 1772 and 1775 and involved an approximate one thousand migrants from mainly Yorkshire, England arriving in Nova Scotia to settle the colony some years following the expulsion of its Acadian population.