Andrew Oliver
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Andrew Oliver (March 28, 1706 – March 3, 1774) was a merchant and public official in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
He was born in a wealthy and politically influential merchant family and is best known for enforcing the Stamp Act's provisions, for which he was hanged in effigy.
He never actually did those duties, and was later appointed as the province's lieutenant governor.
Early life
On March 28, 1706, Andrew Oliver was born in Boston, the capital of the British Province of Massachusetts Bay. Daniel Oliver, his father, a wealthy and politically active merchant, and his sister, Elizabeth Belcher Oliver, was Jonathan Belcher's son, another wealthy merchant and governor of the province in the 1730s. Andrew had two brothers, Daniel Oliver (1704-1707), and Peter Oliver (1713–1791). Andrew was sent to Harvard College, where he graduated in 1724. He was described as "sober and pious."
Oliver later joined the family company, opening a merchant firm with his brother Peter that concentrated on wine and textiles. The company was successful, and the brothers eventually ran Long Wharf in Boston. Oliver married Mary Fitch, Colonel Thomas Fitch's daughter, on March 20, 1728. The couple had three children before Mary died in 1732, but only one, a son named Andrew, survived to adulthood. Oliver went to England after Mary's death, returning to Massachusetts in 1734. He married Mary Sanford of Newport, Rhode Island, Thomas Hutchinson's sister-in-law. The couple had fourteen children.
Later career
He was appointed lieutenant governor of the colony in 1771 after his brother-in-law Thomas Hutchinson wrote in the late 1760s during demonstrations against the Townshend Acts, sparking a storm of opposition against both men. Oliver's health was a serious blow on his company, which culminated after his wife's death. Oliver died on March 3, 1774, after suffering from an "apoplectick fit." The Sons of Liberty greeted his death with glee, but acts of protest and violence marred his burial. Few colleagues and relatives attended due to the uproar in the political climate.
During the American Revolution, the majority of Oliver's family stayed Loyal and rebuilt in other areas of the British Empire.