| LC control no. | n 82108673 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809 |
| Variant(s) | Dunmore, John Murray, 4th earl of, 1732-1809 Murray, John, Earl of Dunmore, 1732-1809 Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1730-1809 |
| See also | Bahamas. Governor (1787-1796 : Dunmore) New York (Colony). Governor (1770-1771 : Dunmore) Virginia. Governor (1771-1775 : Dunmore) |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | New York (Colony) Virginia Bahamas |
| Birth date | 1732 1730 |
| Death date | 1809-02-25 1809-03-05 |
| Place of death | Ramsgate (England) |
| Profession or occupation | Governors |
| Found in | New York (State). Governor (1770-1771 : Dunmore). The speech of His Excellency the Right Honourable John, Earl of Dunmore, captain general and governor in chief, in and over the colony of New-York, 1770. Raimo, J.W. Bio. dir. of Amer. colonial and revolutionary governors 1607-1789, 1980 (Murray, John (4th Earl of Dunmore); member Parliament; commissioned royal governor of N.Y. 1770; 1771 replaced as N.Y. governor and sent to Va. as governor; Va. governor 1771-75; governor of Bahamas 1787-96; b. 1732; d. 3/5/1809) Encyclopaedia Britannica online, viewed 20 June 2018 (John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, born 1730, died 25 February or 5 March 1809 in Ramsgate, Kent. He was the British royal governor of Virginia on the eve of the American Revolution. He sat in the House of Lords from 1761 to 1770 and then was appointed governor first of New York in 1770 and then of Virginia in 1771. He returned to England in July 1776. After serving again in the House of Lords, he was royal governor of the Bahamas from 1787 to 1796) |
| Associated language | eng |
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