John Murray, fourth earl of Dunmore

(1732-1809)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809 NRA: Murray John (1732-1809) 4th Earl of Dunmore DNB: Murray, John, fourth earl of Dunmore (1732-1809), colonial governor LBT ID: LdDunmo4 VIAF ID: 55498810 LOC ID: n82108673	B/BAP: 1732-05-19 DIED: 1809-02-25
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After succeeding to the title in 1756 he was governor of Virginia and New York (1770-75), and of the Bahama islands (1786-96). He retired to Kent, where the father of Francis Hodgson was his chaplain.
REFERENCES TO John Murray, fourth earl of Dunmore: Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 4 April 1832 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ n2 James Thomas Hodgson, Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Chapter VI. 1810. Found 1: ¶ 8 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. X: 1832-33 Found 1: ¶ n2