1. Robert Dinwiddie was a Scottish colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1751 to 1758.
11 Facts About Robert Dinwiddie
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Robert Dinwiddie was a descendant of the Lordly Dinwiddies of Annandale.
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Robert Dinwiddie matriculated at the university in 1707 before starting work as a merchant.
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Robert Dinwiddie wanted to limit French expansion in Ohio Country, an area claimed by the Virginia Colony and in which the Ohio Company, of which he was a stockholder, had made preliminary surveys and some small settlements.
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In 1753, Robert Dinwiddie learned the French had built Fort Presque Isle near Lake Erie and Fort Le Boeuf, which he saw as threatening Virginia's interests in the Ohio Valley.
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Robert Dinwiddie sent an eight-man expedition under George Washington to warn the French to withdraw.
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Robert Dinwiddie named Joshua Fry to the position of Commander-in-Chief of colonial forces.
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In early spring 1754, Robert Dinwiddie sent Washington to build a road to the Monongahela.
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Robert Dinwiddie is buried in Clifton Parish Church with a monument created by William Tyler RA.
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Robert Dinwiddie married some time before 1738 Rebecca Auchinleck ; together they had two children Rebecca Dinwiddie and Elizabeth Dinwiddie.
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Robert Dinwiddie was the subject of the book Robert Dinwiddie: Servant of the Crown.