The 2nd Earl of Limerick | |
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 Portrait of Dongan from Castleton Manor, Staten Island | |
| 5th Colonial Governor of New York | |
| In office August 1683 – 11 August 1688 | |
| Monarchs | Charles II James II & VII |
| Preceded by | Edmund Andros |
| Succeeded by | Edmund Andros (as Governor-General of the Dominion of New England) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1634 Castletown Kildrought, Kingdom of Ireland |
| Died | 14 December 1715 (aged 81) London, England |
| Relations | Sir William Talbot, 1st Baronet (grandfather) Sir Robert Talbot, 2nd Baronet (uncle) Peter Talbot (uncle) Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell |
| Parent(s) | Sir John Dongan, 2nd Baronet Mary Talbot |
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Thomas Dongan, (pronounced "Dungan")[1][a] 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 Charter of Liberties. His negotiations and subsequent alliance with the Iroquois Indian Confederacy brought a lasting security from the French and their hostile Indian allies.
- ^ a b Channing, 1907, p. 336
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