Edmund Fanning (colonial administrator)

*[[Battle of Hobkirk's Hill]]

*[[Battle of Hobkirk's Hill]]

*[[Battle of Eutaw Springs]]

*[[Battle of Eutaw Springs]]

| caption = Drawing of Fanning, 1952, by [[Benson John Lossing]]

| caption = Drawing of Fanning, 1852, by [[Benson John Lossing]]

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'''Edmund Fanning''' (April 24, 1739 – February 28, 1818) was an American-born colonial administrator and military officer. Born in [[Province of New York|New York]], he became a lawyer and politician in [[Province of North Carolina|North Carolina]] in the 1760s. He first came to fame as the focus of hatred of the Regulators, and led anti-Regulator militia in the [[War of the Regulation]]. When the [[American Revolutionary War]] broke out, he was driven from his home in New York, and joined the [[British Army]], recruiting other [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists]]. He served during campaigns in New England and the South. At the end of the war in 1783 he became a [[United Empire Loyalist]], settling in [[Nova Scotia]].

'''Edmund Fanning''' (April 24, 1739 – February 28, 1818) was an American-born colonial administrator and military officer. Born in [[Province of New York|New York]], he became a lawyer and politician in [[Province of North Carolina|North Carolina]] in the 1760s. He first came to fame as the focus of hatred of the Regulators, and led anti-Regulator militia in the [[War of the Regulation]]. When the [[American Revolutionary War]] broke out, he was driven from his home in New York, and joined the [[British Army]], recruiting other [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists]]. He served during campaigns in New England and the South. At the end of the war in 1783 he became a [[United Empire Loyalist]], settling in [[Nova Scotia]].