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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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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

Relatives of De La Warr have been found at Jamestown.

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2017

Was this Lord De La Warr, who, as an elite, would often have been on horseback?

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2017

Sir Ferdinando Wainman was part of the expedition led by Lord De La Warr, which arrived in 1610 with fresh supplies and is credited with saving the colony from abandonment.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2015

De La Warr was a man of note and worth, old privy councilor of Elizabeth and of James, soldier in the Low Countries, strong Protestant and believer in England-in-America.

From Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings by Johnston, Mary

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