William Dummer

William Dummer (bapt. September 29, 1677 (O.S.) [= October 10, 1677 (N.S.)] – October 10, 1761) was a politician in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He served as its lieutenant governor for fourteen years (1716–1730), including an extended period from 1723 to 1728 when he acted as governor. He is remembered for his role in leading the colony during what is sometimes called Dummer's War, which was fought between the British colonies of northeastern North America and a loose coalition of native tribes in what is now New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.

Dummer was born into a wealthy Massachusetts merchant family, traveling to England as a young man to participate in the business. Upon his return to Massachusetts in 1712 he entered provincial politics, gaining a royal commission as lieutenant governor through the efforts of his brother Jeremiah. He served during the turbulent tenure of Governor Samuel Shute, in which Shute quarreled with the assembly over many matters. Shute left the province quite abruptly at the end of 1722, while it was in the middle of a war with the natives of northern New England.

William Dummer (disambiguation)

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William Dummer (cricketer)

William Dummer (8 October 1847 – 13 May 1922) was an English cricketer who played three first class matches for Sussex in 1869.

Cricket career

Dummer was born in Petworth, West Sussex, the first son of William Dummer (1819–1877) and Eliza Boxall (1823–1900). He made his debut for Sussex against Surrey at the Kennington Oval on 7 June 1869, when he scored 35 not out in a first innings total of 253, followed by a duck in the second. With Harry Jupp leading the way with a total of 121, Surrey won the match by 6 wickets.

Dummer played in the next two matches for Sussex scoring a further 25 runs in defeats against Kent and Lancashire. Described as a round arm Right-arm fast bowler, Dummer failed to take a wicket in any of his three appearances for Sussex, all of which ended in defeat.

Later life

He married Hannah, who was born c.1850 at Gaginwell, near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. In 1881, they were living at Horsham, West Sussex, and Dummer was working as a carpenter.

In the 1901 census, Dummer was described as a Railway Signal Linerman living at Battersea, London, with Hannah and their two youngest children. In all he had four children, William (born Battersea 1874, died Horsham 1882), Charles (born Battersea 1876), Frederick (born New Cross 1877, died 1958) and Ernest (born Horsham 1879, died 1954).