John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore PC (1730 – 25 February 1809), known as Lord Dunmore, was a Scottish nobleman and colonial governor in the American colonies and The Bahamas. He was the last colonial governor of Virginia.
Lord Dunmore was named governor of the Province of New York in 1770. He succeeded to the same position in the Colony of Virginia the following year, after the death of Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt. Dunmore fled to New York after the Burning of Norfolk in 1776 and later returned to Britain.
From 1787 to 1796, Dunmore was Governor of the Bahama Islands. During his tenure as governor, the British issued land grants to American Loyalists who went into exile. The sparse population of the Bahamas tripled within a few years.
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