Dinwiddie


Robert, 1693–1770, British colonial administrator in America: lieutenant governor of Virginia 1751–58.
Historical Examples

The Student’s Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving Washington Irving
Daisy Elizabeth Wetherell
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 Various
Virginia Ellen Glasgow
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 Various
From Farm House to the White House William M. Thayer
Give Me Liberty Thomas J. Wertenbaker
Black Oxen Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Virginia Ellen Glasgow
Black Oxen Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

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