Robert Dinwiddie
BIRTH
1692
Glasgow, Scotland
DEATH
July 27, 1770
Clifton, Bristol
Governor of the Province of Virginia
1751-1758
FAMILY
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Dinwiddie, Robert
(1692-1770)
Robert Dinwiddie was lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1758. His efforts to defend British claims in the Ohio Valley sent George Washington on missions that helped ignite the French and Indian War, shaping the military generation that later led the Revolution.
HOMES:
MUSEUM
Governor's Palace
300 Palace Green St, Williamsburg, VA 23185
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Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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Colonial Williamsburg | 101 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Governor's Palace | 300 Palace Green St, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM |
DIED:
Clifton, Bristol
Jul 27, 1770
The exact date and place of Robert Dinwiddie’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies Robert Dinwiddie with work or public activity as a statesman. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. Robert Dinwiddie died on Jul 27, 1770 in Clifton, Bristol. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.