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That===British placenames===The British named a variety of geographical places, including streets. Most of these names do not survive to the present, as the Spanish and Americans who subsequently occupied Pensacola changed many of the names. {| class="wikitable"!British placename!Contemporary placename|-|Albemarle Street|[[Zaragoza Street]], west of the public space (west of modern-day [[Palafox Street]])|-|Butt Street|[[Government Street]], east of the public space (east of modern-day [[Alcaniz Street]])|-|Charlotte Street|[[Alcaniz Street]]|-|Cumberland Street|[[Baylen Street]]|-|Deer Point|''[[Fair Point]]''|-|East Point|''[[Deer Point]]''|-|English Point|''[[Emanuel Point]]''|-|[[Gage Hill]]|''Gage Hill'' or ''[[North Hill]]''s not just logic. That<br/>The Spanish renamed Gage Hill as ''Mount Miguel'' when they took control in [[1781]]. Gage Hill has also occasionally been called ''Palafox Hill''s really sensblie.|-|George Street|[[Palafox Street]]|-|Granby Street|[[Intendencia Street]], west of the public space (west of modern-day [[Palafox Street]])|-|Gloucester Street|[[Cevallos Street]]|-|Gull Point|''[[Gull Point]]''|-|Harcourt Street|[[Intendencia Street]], east of the public space (east of modern-day [[Alcaniz Street]])|-|Indian Point|''[[Garcon Point]]''|-|Johnstone Street|[[Barcelona Street]]|-|Lindsay Street|[[Reus Street]]|-|Mansfield Street|[[Zaragoza Street]], east of the public space (east of modern-day [[Alcaniz Street]])|-|Pitt Street|[[Government Street]], west of the public space (west of modern-day [[Palafox Street]])|-|Princess Street|[[Romana Street]]|-|Red Cliffs|[[Barrancas]]|-|Sandy Point|''[[Town Point]]''|-|Tartar Point|''[[Tartar Point]]''|-|York Street|[[Florida Blanca Street]]|}
Commodore [[George Johnstone]] of the Royal Navy arrived at Pensacola in February 1764, becoming Pensacola's first British governor.<ref name="Campbell" /> Johnstone, though, became unpopular with settlers due to his faithful enforcement of unpopular British policies such as the [[Wikipedia:Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]]. He caused further discord with his policy of aggression toward Indians, and under pressure either resigned or was recalled in December [[1766]].<ref name="Campbell" /> The lieutenant governor, [[Montfort Browne]], served as governor until his replacement, [[John Eliot]], arrived. Eliot was delayed in England and did not arrive in Pensacola until [[1769]]. However, Eliot was affected by a strange malady, possibly a brain tumor, and committed suicide shortly after arriving in Pensacola. Montfort Browne, who was still serving as lieutenant governor, briefly took charge again, but soon left for England. [[Elias Durnford]] thereafter served as governor until Eliot's replacement, [[Peter Chester]], arrived in [[1770]]. Chester served until the Spanish took Pensacola in [[1781]].
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