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THOMAS WEST

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 952 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS See also:WEST , 3rd or 12th See also:Baron De La Warr (1577—1618), See also:British soldier and colonial See also:governor in See also:America, was See also:born on the 9th of See also:July 1577, probably at Wherwell, See also:Hampshire, where he was baptiied. He was educated at See also:Queen's See also:College, See also:Oxford, where he did not See also:complete his course, but subsequently (1605) received the degree of M.A. In 1597 he was elected member of See also:parliament for See also:Lymington, and subsequently fought in See also:Holland and in See also:Ireland under the See also:earl of See also:Essex, being knighted for bravery in See also:battle in 1599. He was imprisoned for complicity in Essex's revolt (160o—1601), but was soon released and exonerated. In 1602 he succeeded to his See also:father's See also:title and estates and became a privy councillor. Becoming interested in schemes for the colonization of America, he was chosen a member of the See also:council of the See also:Virginia See also:Company in 1609, and in the same See also:year was appointed governor and See also:captain-gener4l of Virginia for See also:life. Sailing in See also:March 16ro with three See also:ships, 150 settlers and supplies, he himself bearing the greater See also:part of the expense of the expedition, he arrived at See also:Jamestown on the loth of See also:June, in See also:time to inter ept the colonists who had embarked for See also:England and were abandoning the enterprise. See also:Lord De La Warr's See also:rule was strict but just; he constructed two forts near the mouth of the See also:James See also:river, rebuilt Jamestown, and in See also:general brought See also:order out of See also:chaos. In March 1611 he returned to See also:London, where he published at the See also:request of the company's council, his Relation of the See also:condition of affairs in Virginia (reprinted 1859 and 1868). He remained in England until 1618, when the See also:news of the tyrannical rule of the See also:deputy, See also:Samuel Argall, led him to start again for Virginia. He embarked in See also:April, but died en route on the 7th of June 1618, and was buried at See also:sea. The See also:Delaware river and the See also:state of Delaware were named in his See also:honour.

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brother, See also:Francis (1586—c. 1634), was prominent in the affairs of Virginia, and in 1627—1628 was See also:president of the council, and acting-governor of the See also:colony. In 1761 the 3rd or 12th baron's descendant, See also:John, 7th or 16th Baron De La Warr (1693—1766), was created See also:Viscount Can telupe and 1st Earl De La Warr. He was a prominent figure in the See also:House of Lords, at first as a supporter of See also:Sir See also:Robert See also:Walpole. He also served in the British See also:army and fought at See also:Dettingen, and was made governor, of See also:Guernsey in 1752. See also:George John West, 5th earl (1791—1869), married See also:Elizabeth, See also:sister and heiress of George John See also:Frederick See also:Sackville, 4th See also:duke of See also:Dorset, who was created Baroness Buckhurst in 1864; consequently in 1843 he and his sons took the name of Sackville-West. The earl was twice lord See also:chamberlain to Queen See also:Victoria, and he is celebrated as " See also:Fair Euryalus " in the Childish Recollections of his schoolfellow, Lord See also:Byron. His son See also:Charles See also:Richard (1815—1873), 6th earl, served in the first See also:Sikh See also:war and in the See also:Crimea; and being unmarried was succeeded by his brother Reginald (1817—1896) as 7th Earl De La Warr. Having inherited his See also:mother's See also:barony of Buckhurst on her See also:death in 1870, he retained this title along with the barony and earldom of De La Warr, although the patent had contained a proviso that it should be kept See also:separate from these dignities. In 1896 the 7th earl's son, See also:Gilbert George Reginald Sackville-West (b. 1869), became 8th earl De La Warr. See G.

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