Robert Dinwiddie

E426778

Robert Dinwiddie was an 18th-century British colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of Virginia and played a key role in the events leading up to the French and Indian War.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Robert Dinwiddie canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administrator
human
politician
appointedBy Board of Trade (Great Britain)
burialPlace Clifton, Bristol
conflict political disputes with the Virginia House of Burgesses
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Scotland
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
countryOfDeath Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1693
dateOfDeath 1770
educatedAt University of Glasgow
employer British Crown
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Dinwiddie
givenName Robert
hasOccupation colonial governor
customs official
influenced George Washington
early military career of George Washington
knownFor commissioning George Washington as a lieutenant colonel
dispute over land grant fees in Virginia
issuing orders to expel the French from the Ohio Valley
languageSpoken English
memberOf Privy Council of Virginia
monarchDuringTerm George II of Great Britain
George III of Great Britain
notableAction authorized construction of a fort at the forks of the Ohio (later Fort Duquesne site)
raised Virginia militia for operations in the Ohio Valley
sent George Washington to deliver an ultimatum to the French in the Ohio Country
notableEvent French and Indian War
notableWork initiating measures that helped trigger the French and Indian War
officeEndTime 1758
officeStartTime 1751
participatedIn colonial administration of British America
partOf British colonial government in North America
linked to: British America
placeOfBirth Glasgow
placeOfDeath Clifton, Bristol
positionHeld Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
Surveyor General of Customs for the Southern Ports of America
member of the Virginia Governor's Council
religion Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian
residence Colony of Virginia
Glasgow
sexOrGender male

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dinwiddie County, Virginia namedAfter Robert Dinwiddie