Appointed as provincial governor of Louisiana by the company, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville founded the city of New Orleans in 1718, and the company appointed Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand as commander of the Illinois Country.

Appointed by the shogun, jitō managed manors including national holdings governed by the provincial governor ( kokushi ).

Appointed governor of that country, he landed at Dublin in 1361, and in November of the following year was created Duke of Clarence, the second Dukedom created in England, while his father made an abortive attempt to secure for him the crown of Scotland.

Appointed a governor of the Bank of Scotland, he was elected chancellor of the University of St Andrews in 1814, and made a Knight of the Thistle in 1821.

Appointed the British governor of Quebec in 1778, Frederick Haldimand, while kept informed of Sullivan's invasion by Butler and Fort Niagara, did not supply sufficient troops for his Iroquois allies ' defense.

Appointed by the Committee of Merchants that was in charge of the Gold Coast at the time, he served as governor in two periods: 31 March 1792-16 December 1798, and 28 April 1800-30 September 1802.

Appointed governor of New Jersey in 1758, he oversaw the province's participation in the later years of the French and Indian War, and had a generally positive relationship with its legislature.

Appointed voivode ( governor ) of Transylvania in 1511 John Zápolya used the turbulent times of his era to enrich himself and secured a power base in Transylvania.

Appointed by Governor Henry W. Collier in 1851 to fill a vacancy on the circuit bench, Moore served in that capacity until 1857 when he accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for governor.

Appointed by County Board Chairman Lee Holloway, he filled the unexpired term of former Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, who was elected governor of Wisconsin, until the special Spring Election held on April 5, 2011.

Appointed by the future Viscount of Rio Branco José Maria da Silva Paranhos, Sr., he became the general deputy of Goiás from 1872 to 1875, a Major in 1875 and the governor of Santa Catarina from 1876 to 1877.

Appointed governor of Adrianople in 1843, he returned as ambassador to Paris in the same year.

Appointed by governor Parris Glendening, since 2001 she has been an associate judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest appellate court.

* Benjamin Franklin — Appointed Sep 14, 1778 ; Presented credentials Mar 23, 1779 ; Termination of mission May 17, 1785

* Thomas Jefferson -- Appointed Mar 10, 1785 ; Presented credentials: May 17, 1785 – Termination of mission September 26, 1789

* 1959 Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

* 2011 ( 14 June ): Appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order ( KCVO ), knighthood in the personal bestowal of HM The Queen

Appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1901, Balfour resigned office two years later with the split that occurred in the Conservative and Unionist Party over Joseph Chamberlain's campaign for tariff reform, a campaign which he opposed.

Appointed as Governor of New South Wales in March 1913, on 30 May 1913 he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ( GCMG ).

* Kenneth Knight 1998 – 2003 ( Appointed Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade in July 2003 )

Appointed as Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1941, Bell retired from politics in 1943.

Appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1988 Birthday Honours, he went on to be Chief of Fleet Support in March 1989.

* 1767: Appointed Knight of the Thistle ( KT )

* 1794: Appointed Knight of the Garter ( KG ) ( resigning as Knight of the Thistle )

Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George ( KCMG ) in 1910, he was transferred to Gambia in 1911.

Appointed Air Officer Commanding Strike Command on 29 August 1985, he was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1988 New Year Honours.

Appointed a member of the President's Council on Bioethics in 2001 and fired in February 2004, reportedly for her public disagreements and political differences with Council chair Leon Kass and the Bush Administration, particularly on the issue of therapeutic cloning.

A point of hot controversy today is the so-called " Rifkin hypothesis ," which re-examines the famous " Entwurff ," Bach's 1730 memo to the Leipzig City Council ( A Short but Most Necessary Draft for a Well Appointed Church Music ) calling for at least 12 singers.

Appointed in 1868, Price had already recommended to the university that the Press needed an efficient executive officer to exercise " vigilant superintendence " of the business, including its dealings with Alexander Macmillan, who became the publisher for Oxford's printing in 1863 and in 1866 helped Price to create the Clarendon Press series of cheap, elementary schoolbooks – perhaps the first time that Oxford used the Clarendon imprint.

Appointed officials in county and provincial centers relied upon the scholarly gentry for their services, sponsorship, and local supervision.

* Appointed MBE for services to New Zealand sport in 1981.

Appointed again in 1782, upon taking office, he backed the claim for the independence of the Thirteen Colonies, initiating an end to British involvement in the American Revolutionary War.

* James J. P. McShane ( 1909 – 1968 ), Appointed U. S. Marshal for the District of Columbia by President John F. Kennedy then named Chief Marshal in 1962

* Louis A. Fuentes-101st Mayor, Appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the Imperial County Board of Supervisors for District 1 Calexico.

** Mari Rodin ( Appointed 2002-seat up for election 2012 )

** Mary Anne Landis ( Appointed 2009-seat up for election 2014 )

Appointed machinist on May 13, 1942, David was assigned to the Submarine Repair Unit, San Diego on May 28, and served in that unit for five months.

* 1945: Appointed as a minister of education for Northern Pyung-an province

Appointed by the Corporation, the committee consisted on twelve advisors under the chairmanship of Charles Reed FSA ( son of the Congregational philanthropist Dr Andrew Reed ) who rose to prominence as the first MP for Hackney and Chairman of the first School Board for London before being knighted.

Appointed to the Canadian Senate representing the Province of Quebec in 1907 at age 80, Dessaulles served for 23 years before dying at age 102.

* Appointed as the first Cultural Ambassador for Architecture by the U. S. Department of State ( 2004 )

Appointed Minister for War on the outbreak of the Wars of the French Revolution, he was Pitt's closest advisor and planner for Britain's military participation in the First Coalition.

* 2010 – Appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) for her work fighting AIDS and poverty in Africa

Appointed as Secretary of the Boundary Commission in 1750, Chew successfully represented the Penn family for the following eighteen years in their boundary dispute with first Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore and then Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore of Maryland.

* Appointed to the Pepperdine University board of regents and awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree and the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship.

Appointed voivode of Transylvania and head of a number of southern counties, he assumed responsibility for the defense of the frontiers in 1441.