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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. [1] Dunmore was named governor of New York in 1770.
- Earl of Dunmore
The late Earl was succeeded by his distant relative (his...
- Earl of Dunmore
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 mai. de 2023 · SUMMARY. John Murray, fourth earl of Dunmore, was Virginia’s last royal governor. Dunmore, a member of the House of Lords, reluctantly assumed the office in 1771, not wanting to relinquish his position as governor of New York.
Building. A building containing a hothouse was built into this wall in 1761 by John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore. The hothouse, which was located in the ground floor of the building, was used, among other things, for growing pineapples.
Born into aristocracy. Born at Taymouth, Scotland, in 1730, John Murray was the eldest son of William and Catherine Murray and nephew of John Murray, second Earl of Dunmore. In 1745, William Murray and his young son John joined the ill-fated campaign of Charles Edward Stuart, "Bonnie Prince Charlie."
Lord Dunmore (VMHC 1948.76) 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. Soon these same Virginians would hate him.
