Andros, << AN druhs, >> Sir Edmund (1637-1714), an English administrator, served as governor of New York colony from 1674 to 1681.
In 1686, Andros became governor of the Dominion of New England, a group of English colonies. In 1687, he went to Hartford, Connecticut, to seize the charter that gave the people of that colony the right to govern themselves. They refused to surrender it. According to legend, they hid the charter in a tree, which came to be called the Charter Oak (see Charter Oak ).
The colonists of the dominion thought Andros ruled unfairly. In 1689, Boston citizens imprisoned him. He was sent to England for trial but was not tried. He returned in 1692 as governor of Virginia. Andros was born on Dec. 6, 1637, in London. He died on Feb. 24, 1714.
