Editing Francis Lovelace (section)

{{Short description|Royalist, early proprietary governor of NY, US (1621–1675)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2010}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Francis Lovelace
| image               = FrancisLovelace.jpg
| caption             = 
| order               = 2nd
| office              = Colonial Governor of New York
| term_start          = 1668
| term_end            = 1673
| monarch             = [[Charles II of England|Charles II]]
| predecessor         = [[Richard Nicolls]]
| successor           = [[Anthony Colve]]
| birth_date          = circa 1621
| birth_place         = [[Kent]], England
| death_date          = 1675
| death_place         = England
| party               = [[Cavalier|Royalist]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Blanche Talbot|1659}}
| parents             = Sir William Lovelace<br> Anne Barne
| relations           = [[Richard Lovelace (poet)|Richard Lovelace]] (brother)
| signature           = Signature of Francis Lovelace.png
}}
'''Francis Lovelace''' (c. 1621–1675) was an [[England|English]] Royalist and the second [[List of colonial governors of New York|Governor of New York colony]].<ref name="nycourts">{{cite web|title=Francis Lovelace Second Governor of New York, 1668-1673|url=https://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/luminaries-legal-figures/lovelace-francis.html|website=nycourts.gov|publisher=[[New York City Courts]]|accessdate=29 September 2017}}</ref>