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De La Warr

American  
[del-uh-wair, del-uh-wer] / ˈdɛl əˌwɛər, ˈdɛl ə wər /

noun

  1. 12th Baron Thomas West, 1577–1618, 1st English colonial governor of Virginia.


De La Warr British  
/ ˈdɛləˌwɛə /

noun

  1. Baron, title of Thomas West, known as Lord Delaware. 1577–1618, English administrator in America; first governor of Virginia (1610)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Buyer Lord De La Warr, who owns Buckhurst Park in East Sussex, said: "It will take pride of place on the estate".

From BBC Oct. 7, 2021

Lord De La Warr said he hoped "many children, and adults, will be able to admire the original bridge" on his estate.

From BBC Oct. 7, 2021

In 1602, he succeeded to the British barony of De La Warr.

From Washington Post Oct. 26, 2017

The Neptune reached Virginia in August, and De La Warr was almost certainly buried inside the confines of the Jamestown church that had just been finished on the site.

From Washington Post Oct. 26, 2017

Lord De La Warr wrote to the Earl of Salisbury in England in 1610: "I sent fishermen out to provide fish for our men, to save other provision, but they had ill success."

From The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia by James Wharton

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