Dorothea Dandridge Henry
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Dorothea Henry was the wife of Patrick Henry. Upon their marriage while he was in office, she served as the first and sixth First Lady of Virginia during Henry's terms as governor, from 1777 to 1779 a
Asahel Powers Mrs. Patrick Henry 47.1225 Museum of Fine Arts
Governor's Palace, Governor Henry's residence in Williamsburg
Dorothea Henry's grave at the Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr was an English colonial administrator for whom the bay, the river, and, consequently, a Native American people and U.S. state, all later called "Delaware", were named
Dorothea Dandridge Henry
…grandfather was a British Navy Commander, Captain William Dandridge. Her paternal great-grandmother, Lady Unity West, was a great-granddaughter of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, for whom Delaware Bay, the Delaware River, and the State of Delaware were named. Upon her marriage to the sitting governor, Patrick Henry, 20-year-old…
c. 1605 portrait of De La Warr
Dramatized illustration of Lord De La Warr and soldiers entering James Fort through the south gate, 1610