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Lawrence Washington (1718 – July 26, 1752) was an American soldier, planter, politician, and prominent landowner in colonial Virginia. As a founding member of the Ohio Company of Virginia, and a member of the colonial legislature representing Fairfax County, Virginia, he founded the town of Alexandria, Virginia on the banks of the ...
Lawrence Washington ist der Name folgender Personen: Lawrence Washington (Pfarrer) (1602–1652), anglikanischer Pfarrer der Church of England. Lawrence Washington (Pflanzer) (1659–1698), Großvater von George Washington. Lawrence Washington (Soldat) (1718–1752), Soldat und Landbesitzer.
Lawrence Washington was the elder half-brother of George Washington, being the oldest living child of Augustine Washington and his first wife Jane Butler. George Washington idolized his elder brother from a young age. After losing his father prematurely at age eleven, young George looked to Washington as a paternal influence, as well as a ...
George Washingtons Halbbruder Lawrence Washington, dem der Landsitz zunächst gehörte, benannte ihn nach dem britischen Admiral Edward Vernon, unter dessen Kommando er am War of Jenkins’ Ear teilgenommen hatte.
27. Mai 2016 · Lawrence, George Washington’s elder half-brother by their father’s first marriage, stayed in Barbados that December of 1751. His condition, presumably tuberculosis, was none improved from their seven-week stay on the island, and he was determined to get better—if not in Barbados, then in Bermuda. 1 George, his travel companion ...
A man of achievement in his own lifetime, Lawrence Washington has suffered from the pre-eminence of his younger brother. Lawrence Washington was the oldest surviving child of Augustine and his first wife, Jane Butler.
Lawrence Washington was ill. Leaving his family behind—a wife and infant daughter—and willing to risk weeks on the open sea during hurricane season—he would try the air of Barbados, or perish. Thankfully, Lawrence did not have to travel alone. His half-brother George, then only 19 years old, accompanied him.
