Ed Helms

All right.

So he served the king very well.

And in 1770, he was rewarded with a new appointment as the royal governor of New York.

He left his wife, Charlotte, and their eight children back in Britain.

Now, leaving your family is always tough, but maybe with eight kids, it's like, get me the hell out of here.

We both travel a lot, right?

Shoots, and I go on shoots, you go on tour, and whatever chaos is on the calendar.

What's your road dad playbook?

As we like to say, there's friction on reentry.

There is.

Well, no matter how he felt about leaving his family behind, Lord Dunmore eventually grew to enjoy his gig in the States.

Despite being known as, and I quote, a gamester and a drunkard, he somehow thrived in New York.

By 1771, the British government decided to relocate him.

further south as governor of Virginia.

Now, this was supposedly a promotion, going to Virginia.

The crown considered Virginia to be sort of the shining jewel of the colonies, you know, massive tobacco exports.

But, surprise, Dunmore hated it.

He truly despised Virginia, especially the weather and the, quote, little or no society.

It is.

You're right, very much.