Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
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English Baron
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr , was an English merchant and politician, for whom the bay, the river, and, consequently, a Native American people and U.S. state, all later called "Delaware", were named. He was a member of the House of Lords from the death of his father in 1602 until his own death in 1618, and was also governor of the Virginia colony.
