Dunmore

[ duhn-mawr, -mohr; duhn-mawr, -mohr ]

/ dʌnˈmɔr, -ˈmoʊr; ˈdʌn mɔr, -moʊr /

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John Murray, 4th Earl of, 1732–1809, Scottish colonial governor in America.

a borough in NE Pennsylvania, near Scranton.

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The Greatcoat By Helen Dunmore A Royal Air Force coat leads a young bride into an affair with a long-dead ghost.
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During the convention, another Lord Dunmore episode took place.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
From this area, Dunmore and his friends made repeated plunder attacks along the coast of Virginia until summer.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
To intimidate them, Dunmore issued proclamations, and threatened freeing the slaves against their masters.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2|Egerton Ryerson

Lady Dunmore did not arrive in Virginia to join him until the latter part of February of 1774.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774.|Philip Vickers Fithian
It was however only what he had expected, and calculated upon; and what should he care for the Dunmore people?
The Kellys and the O'Kellys|Anthony Trollope