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Hace 1 día · In Williamsburg, British Governor John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, dissolved the Assembly after protests by the delegates, who then decided to send a delegation to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
Hace 2 días · The offices of gentleman of the bedchamber were in the gift of the Crown. (fn. 1) From 1660 the office of first gentleman was invariably coupled with that of groom of the stole. Originally the gentlemen were sworn in pursuance of royal warrants directed to the lord chamberlain. (fn. 2) From 1685 to 1688 these warrants were directed to the groom ...
Hace 5 días · On 7 November 1775, during the American War of Independence, John Murray, Lord Dunmore, issued a proclamation that offered freedom to the slaves of Rebel masters if they enlisted to put down the colonial rebellion. Dunmore was the last Royal Governor of Virginia, appointed by King George III in July 1771.
Hace 5 días · Charlotte Murray, wife of Governor Dunmore, arrived in the Palace with six children. In December 1774, she delivered another child at the Palace, a daughter named Virginia in the colony’s honor. 12 The Palace's Governors
Hace 3 días · Formed from non-county territory; originally named for Governor John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, but renamed in 1778. Shenandoah River: 45,228: 512 sq mi (1,326 km 2) Smyth County: 173: Marion: 1832: From Washington and Wythe counties: Alexander Smyth, Congressman from Virginia 29,216: 452 sq mi (1,171 km 2) Southampton County: 175 ...
Hace 3 días · FOLKESTONE. THE parish of Folkestone, which gives name to this hundred, was antiently bounded towards the south by the sea, but now by the town and liberty of Folkestone, which has long since been made a corporation , and exempt from the jurisdiction of the hundred.
Hace 3 días · The author notes that the current wave of globalisation strikes many of the same chords as a century ago, when Cromer wrestled with global issues of international finance, bankruptcy, and economic orthodoxies on fiscal management, loans and free trade.
