Arthur Aston (governor)
Sir Arthur Aston was appointed Proprietary Governor of Avalon in 1625 by Sir George Calvert,, former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to King James I of England,. Aston was a devout Roman Catholic and was recommended by Father Stout to govern the Catholic colony. Aston arrived in Ferryland, Avalon's capital, around 1626 but returned to England the next year to resign his position and join the forces of the George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham in France, where he died the same year.
