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Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of

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Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of (1732–1809)

Scottish-born royal governor. As governor of Virginia (1771–76), he offended patriot sympathies by twice dissolving the House of Burgesses. He led a campaign against the Shawnees and he tried unsuccessfully to oppose the patriot movement in Virginia.

His campaign against the Shawnees was called Lord Dunmore's War.



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