单词 | dunmore, john murray, earl of |
释义 | Dunmore, John Murray, earl ofDunmore, John Murray, earl of(1732–1809) royal governor; born in Scotland. As Virginia governor (1771–76) he offended patriot sympathies by twice dissolving the House of Burgesses. He led a campaign against the Shawnee Indians (1774) which was called Lord Dunmore's War. In 1775 he tried unsuccessfully to oppose the patriot movement in Virginia. |
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