Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr

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English nobleman colonial governor member of the House of Lords peer of England

Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, was an early 17th-century English nobleman and colonial governor of Virginia whose name became the source of the exonym “Delaware” for the Lenape people and the region.

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Observed surface forms (4)

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Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr 3
3rd Baron De La Warr 1
Baron De La Warr 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobleman ⓘ
colonial governor ⓘ
member of the House of Lords ⓘ
peer of England ⓘ
aristocraticHouse House of West ⓘ
associatedWith British colonization of North America ⓘ
Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Colony of Virginia
centuryOfActivity 17th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
ethnicGroupEponymOf Lenape ⓘ
surface form: Delaware Indians

Lenape ⓘ
surface form: Lenape people (Delaware)
familyName West ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
governedTerritory Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Virginia Colony
hasExonymDerivedFromName Province of Delaware ⓘ
surface form: Delaware

Delaware Bay ⓘ
Lenape ⓘ
surface form: Delaware Indians

Delaware River ⓘ
historicalRegionAssociated British America ⓘ
honorificPrefix Lord ⓘ
influenced exonym "Delaware" for the Lenape people ⓘ
naming of the Delaware Bay ⓘ
naming of the Delaware River ⓘ
naming of the colony of Delaware ⓘ
knownAs Lord De La Warr ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
nobleRank baron ⓘ
nobleTitle Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 3rd Baron De La Warr
notableFor being namesake of the exonym "Delaware" ⓘ
early English colonial administration in Virginia ⓘ
partOf English peerage ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Lord Governor and Captain-General of Virginia

governor of the Colony of Virginia ⓘ
regionEponymOf Province of Delaware ⓘ
surface form: Delaware (U.S. state)

Delaware Bay ⓘ
Delaware River ⓘ
Delaware Valley ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
sphereOfActivity English nobility ⓘ
colonial administration ⓘ
titleHeld Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Baron De La Warr

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lenape → colonialExonymSource → Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr ⓘ
Delaware Colony → namedAfter → Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
Delaware River → namedAfter → Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
Province of Delaware → namedAfter → Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr → nobleTitle → Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
this entity surface form: 3rd Baron De La Warr
Virginia Company of London → notableLeader → Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Thomas West, Lord De La Warr
Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr → titleHeld → Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
this entity surface form: Baron De La Warr