Robert Dinwiddie

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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.

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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 ⓘ

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Dinwiddie County, Virginia → namedAfter → Robert Dinwiddie ⓘ