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Thomas Dongan, 2. Earl of Limerick (* 1634 in Castletown House, Kildrought, County Kildare, Irland; † 14. Dezember 1715 in London, England) war ein anglo-irischer Adliger und von 1683 bis 1688 englischer Gouverneur der Provinz New York. Leben. Thomas Dongan war der siebte und jüngste Sohn von Sir John
Thomas Dongan, (pronounced "Dungan") 2nd Earl of Limerick (1634 – 14 December 1715), was a member of the Irish Parliament, Royalist military officer during the English Civil War, and Governor of the Province of New York. He is noted for having called the first representative legislature in New York, and for granting the province's ...
Thomas Dongan, 2nd earl of Limerick (born 1634, Castletown, County Kildare, Ire.—died Dec. 14, 1715, London, Eng.) was a British colonial governor of New York under Charles II and James II.
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Dongan (D'Unguent), Thomas (1634–1715), 2nd earl of Limerick , soldier and first governor of New York, was third son of Sir John Dongan, baronet, of Castletown Kildrought (Celbridge), Co. Kildare, and his wife Mary, daughter of Sir William Talbot, baronet, of Carton, and niece of Peter Talbot (qv), archbishop of Dublin, and Richard Talbot (qv), ...
29. Apr. 2022 · Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick was appointed Governor of New York in 1688 by the Duke of York who became James II. Dongan build a mansion on Staten Island in 1688.
16. Jan. 2006 · With the new Protestant Williamite administration in charge, Thomas Dongan returned to England in 1691 and, with the death of his elder brother, inherited the Earldom of Limerick under its first (1686) creation. He died in 1715, poor and childless. Nonetheless, as the Encyclopedia notes:
Earls, Walter Dungan, Viscount Dungan, fiel bereits 1690 in der Schlacht am Boyne, so dass Williams Bruder Thomas Dongan, der ehemalige Gouverneur von New York, die Titel erbte. Alle drei Titel erloschen bei dessen kinderlosem Tod 14. Dezember 1715.
