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In 1663, eight members of the English nobility received a charter from King Charles II to establish the colony of Carolina. These men were known as the Lords Proprietors of Carolina and were the ruling landlords of the colony. They were the Earl of Clarendon (high chancellor of England), the Duke of Albemarle (master of the King's horse and captain of his forces), Lord William Craven, Lord John Berkeley, Lord Anthony Ashley (chancellor of the King's exchequer), Sir George Carteret (knight and baronet and vice-chamberlain of the King's household), William Berkeley (knight) and Sir John Colleton (knight and baronet). The settlers arrived in 1670 and set up the first permanent settlement in Charles Town.

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