De La Warr,Baron

De La Warr,Baron
De La Warr (dĕlʹə wâr', wər), Baron Title of Thomas West. 1577-1618.
English-born American colonial administrator chosen as the first governor of the Virginia Company colony. He arrived at Jamestown in 1610 in time to prevent the colonists from deserting the settlement.

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