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John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore PC (1730 – 25 February 1809) was a Scottish peer, military officer, and colonial administrator in the Thirteen Colonies and The Bahamas. He was the last royal governor of Virginia. Dunmore was named governor of New York in 1770.
John Murray, 4th earl of Dunmore was the British royal governor of Virginia on the eve of the American Revolution. A descendant of the Scottish house of Stuart, he was the eldest son of William Murray, the 3rd earl, whom he succeeded in 1756. He sat in the House of Lords from 1761 to 1770 and then.
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15 de may. de 2023 · Governor John Murray, fourth earl of Dunmore, moves British forces from Norfolk to Gwynn's Island in what later will become Mathews County, where smallpox and other diseases ravage his forces and take a particularly heavy toll on the Ethiopian Regiment.
John Murray, fourth Earl of Dunmore (1732–1809), was Virginia's last royal governor. He became a hero among Virginians for walking on foot and carrying his own pack during the Indian war of 1774 that bore his name.
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730-1809), was a British peer and colonial governor. He was the son of William Murray, 3rd Earl of Dunmore, and his wife Catherine (nee Murray). Murray succeeded his father in the earldom in 1756 and sat as a Scottish Representative Peer in the House of Lords from 1761 to 1774 and from 1776 to 1790.
The title Earl of Dunmore was created in 1686 for Lord Charles Murray, son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl. The title passed down through generations, with various earls serving in the House of Lords as Scottish Representative Peers and holding other political positions.
5 de may. de 2024 · After the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775, Dunmore lost the support of the colonists. To rebuild his army, he offered freedom to enslaved people who would fight against the revolutionaries – the first large-scale emancipation in the history of Colonial America. Updated before 2020.
