# William Shirley

> British governor of Massachusetts and then of the Bahamas (1694-1771)

**Wikidata**: [Q331323](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331323)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shirley)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/william-shirley


## References

1. Genealogics
2. International Standard Name Identifier
3. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
4. SNAC
5. Find a Grave
6. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
7. CERL Thesaurus
8. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File