DELANCEY, JAMES
\dɪlˈansɪ], \dɪlˈansɪ], \d_ɪ_l_ˈa_n_s_ɪ]\
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(1703-1760), of New York, member of the council of the province from 1729, Chief Justice from 1733, Lieutenant-Governor from 1753, acted as Governor from 1753 to 1755 and from 1757 to 1760. He presided over the Albany Convention of 1754.
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(1732-1800), Son of the preceding, served in the French and Indian War, and took a prominent part in the Assembly before the Revolution, but on its outbreak retired to England, and died there. His estates were confiscated.
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(1750-1809), cousin of the preceding, was during the Revolutionary War noted as a bold and successful commander of the Tory light-horse, known as "Cowboys." After the war, his estates having been confiscated, he retired to Nova Scotia.
By John Franklin Jameson
