to  1778  he  was  naval  commissioner  resident  at
Halifax,  Nova  Scotia.  Having  been  raised  to
the  rank  of  vice-admiral  in  1779,  he  obtained
the  chief  command  ou  the  American  station,
and  was  blockaded  by  the  Count  D'Estaing  in
the  harbor  of  New  York.  In  the  spring  of
1780  he  co-operated  with  Sir  Henry  Clinton  in
the  siege  of  Charleston,  S.  C.  In  February,  1793,
he  became  admiral  of  the  blue.
Archdale  (John)  and  his  Admirdstration.
Faction  was  postponing  the  era  of  real  prosper-
ity in  Carolina,  and  the  unwise  conduct  of  its
governors- was  fanning  the  flame,  when  John
Archdale,  a  Quaker,  and  a  native  of  ISuckiiighara-
shire,  England,  was  sent  to  govern  the  province.
The  proprietors  had  abandoned  (1693)  their  ab-
surd scheme  of  government  (see  Fundamental
Constitutions),  and  Archdale  was  sent  to  soothe
the  irritation  by  persuasive  and  mild  measures.
