Dinwiddie

(din widē, dinwid ē)

Dinwiddie, Robert 1693-1770; Brit. lieutenant governor of Va. (1751-58)

See Dinwiddie in American Heritage Dictionary 4

Scottish-born British colonial administrator in Virginia. As lieutenant governor of the colony (1751-1758) he attempted unsuccessfully to secure the frontier regions against the encroachments of the French.
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