John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore
(1730-1809)
Born 1730
Died 25 February 1809 Ramsgate
Buried St.Lawrence, Isle of Thanet
Married 21 February 1759 Edinburgh
Lady Charlotte Stewart, daughter of Alexander Stewart, 6th
Earl of Galloway and Lady Catherine Cochrane
Died 11 November 1818 Southwood House nr Ramsgate
He was born in 1730 and, in 1752 as his father's heir, he became known
as Viscount Fincastle until, in 1756, he succeeded and then became third
Earl of Dunmore. He was Ensign and Lieutenant in the 3rd Foot Guards. On
21 February 1759 at Edinburgh he married Lady Charlotte Stewart, daughter
of the 6th Earl of Galloway, and they became the parents of eight children.
He was a Representative Peer for Scotland from 1761 until 1774 and again
from 1776 until 1790. In 1769 and 1770 he was Governor of New York and
then Governor of Virginia in 1770. Here, although his proceedings highly
exasperated the colonists, he remained till the Declaration of Independence
in 1776. Then from 1787 until 1796 he was Governor of the Bahama Islands.
Returned to England, he died on 25 February 1809 in Ramsgate and his
widow died on 11 November 1818, at Southwood House near Ramsgate.Both were
buried at St. Lawrence in the Isle of Thanet, Kent.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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