Francis Bernard (1712-1779)

Success as Governor of New Jersey earns you the governorship of Massachusetts.
There is "most perfect harmony" in Massachusetts when you arrive, but having to enforce unpopular British taxes soon makes you a hated figure.
Though trained in law, you also dabble in architecture, designing Harvard Hall in Cambridge.
After asking for troops to be sent to Boston to help suppress the riots, things go from bad to worse. Soon after you are removed from service and pass the governorship to Thomas Hutchinson.