Virginia’s Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore, Was Run Out of Williamburg in One Year

Touring the royal palace of Williamsburg, VA I learned about the last royal governor, Lord Dunmore, who arrived in 1774 and was run out of town in June 1775. He quickly did a lot of damage to himself and the British cause. Patrick Henry helped stage rebellions against Dunmore, and became the first revolutionary governor of Virginia in 1775, occupying the governor’s mansion.

https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/learn/deep-dives/dunmores-flight/

Dunmore’s New World: The Extraordinary Life of a Royal Governor in Revolutionary America — with Jacobites, Counterfeiters, Land Schemes, Shipwrecks, Scalping, Indian Politics, Runaway Slaes, and Two Illegal Royal Weddings. By James Corbett David.