“T” is for Tynte, Edward (d.1710). Governor. Tynte was from a Somerset, England, family that had recently risen to a baronetcy. Other family members attended Oxford, and many of the men who came to South Carolina with Tynte to serve in his administration were lawyers. Frustrated by nearly a decade of paralyzing factionalism, the proprietors decided to institute a wholesale change of government by commissioning Tynte as the new governor in December 1708. After almost a year’s delay he arrived in Charleston and was proclaimed governor in November 1709. Unfortunately, he had little opportunity to realize the proprietors’ ambitions as he died on July 26, 1710, after only seven months in office. The only notable legislation of Edward Tynte’s administration was the first of the acts that would eventually establish a free school system in the colony.
“T” is for Tynte, Edward (d.1710)
