About Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr was an English colonial administrator for whom the bay, the river, and, consequently, a Native American people and U.S. state, all later called "Delaware", were named. A member of the House of Lords from the death of his father in 1602 until his own death in 1618, he served as the governor of Virginia from 1610 to 1611.

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Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

English nobleman (1576–1618)

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Position held: Member of the 1597-98 Parliament, colonial governor of Virginia
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
Born: July 9, 1576
Died: June 7, 1618

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