After the “shot heard round the world” started the Revolutionary War, Williamsburg found itself on the threshold of its own “first shot” and only the coolest heads and calmest spirits ...

The royal governor of Virginia was John Murray, fourth Earl of Dunmore, a determined Scotsman who quickly grasped the significance of the situation and realized that sooner or later the militia ...

Tensions between the Virginia colony and the crown rose a few years after the appointment in 1771 of the Scot John Murray, fourth Earl of Dunmore, as governor. He became a slave owner, prosecuted ...

How a disagreement with a Scottish lord over westward expansion, a cache of gunpowder, and the future of enslaved labor ...

This remarkable unit was formed during the American Revolutionary War by John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, who was the last royal governor of Virginia. In 1775, Lord Dunmore issued a proclamation ...

MP, and Barbara, daughter of Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank. Married (1) 10 November 1760, Frances (died 1 June 1782), daughter and heir of Daniel Pulteney (1st cousin of William Pulteney, Earl of ...

The Little Book of Miriam, the third book by Miriam Margolyes, is to be published by John Murray this autumn. Georgina Laycock, non-fiction publisher, acquired world rights from Robert Kirby at ...

John Murray has acquired Finding Grace, the debut novel from Loretta Rothschild. Executive publisher Jocasta Hamilton acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Jonathan Lloyd at Curtis Brown.

Before each of those games, Murray was listed as questionable before being ruled out on game day. Sunday's loss was the fourth straight for the Nuggets with Murray out of the lineup. Nikola Jokić ...