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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, 2. Earl of Limerick
Thomas Dongan, 2. Earl of Limerick (* 1634 in Castletown...
- Thomas Dongan (judge)
Thomas Dongan (c.1590–1663) was an Irish judge of the...
- Thomas Dongan, 2. Earl of Limerick
28. Feb. 2024 · Thomas Dongan, 2nd earl of Limerick was a British colonial governor of New York under Charles II and James II. A Roman Catholic and a member of a royalist family, Dongan was exiled after the English Civil Wars (1642–51) and served in an Irish regiment of the French army. Recalled to England in.
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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
Thomas Dongan, 2nd Earl of Limerick. Earl of Limerick is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland , associated first with the Dongan family, then with the Pery family. It should not be confused with the title Viscount of the City of Limerick (usually shortened to Viscount of Limerick, or Lord Limerick) held by ...
Thomas Dongan was the first royal governor of New York. Although he may not have spent more than a night in Albany, his interest and patronage were critical to the formation and initial development of the city of Albany. He still is celebrated locally and beyond as Albany's first great Irish politician. As most of his life is beyond the scope ...
