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Robert Dinwiddie (1692 – 27 July 1770) was a Scottish colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1758. Since the governors of Virginia remained in Europe, he served as the de facto head of the colony of Virginia .
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Robert Dinwiddie (born 1693, Germiston, near Glasgow, Scot.—died July 27, 1770, Clifton, Bristol, Eng.) was a British colonial administrator who, as lieutenant governor of Virginia, helped precipitate the French and Indian War.
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Robert Dinwiddie (1692 - 27 de julio de 1770) fue un administrador colonial británico que se desempeñó como vicegobernador de la Virginia colonial de 1751 a 1758, primero bajo el mando del gobernador Willem Anne van Keppel, segundo conde de Albemarle, y luego, desde julio de 1756 hasta enero de 1758. como diputado de John Campbell, cuarto ...
Robert Dinwiddie took up his post as Virginia’s Royal (lieutenant) Governor in July 1751. Dinwiddie cultivated friendships with many Virginians, particularly the most powerful, and become a partner in the Ohio Company whose board also included George Washington’s two older brothers.
22 de dic. de 2021 · SUMMARY. Robert Dinwiddie was a member of the governor’s Council from 1742 to 1751 and then lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1758. Born into a Scottish merchant family, Dinwiddie began his public career in Bermuda, where he worked as an Admiralty agent and collector of customs before earning a seat on the colony’s ...
Max Savelle, Robert Dinwiddie: His Career in American Colonial Government and Westward Expansion. By Louis Knott Koontz, Associate Professor of History, University of California at Los Angeles.
Letter from George Washington to Gov. Robert Dinwiddie, 18 May 1754 (Front). Fearing a French incursion to lay claim to the Ohio Valley, Dinwiddie sent a force to the region led by 22-year-old George Washington. Washington engaged a French force and killed its commanding officer, combat that initiated the Seven Years’ War.
