Nathaniel Uring was an English merchant who traveled to Africa and the Americas in the early eighteenth century.
By letters patent of 22 June 1722 George I of Great Britain granted John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu the islands of St. Lucia and St. Vincent's in the West Indies, and appointed him governor and captain-general thereof.
Montagu appointed Uring deputy-governor, and sent him out with seven ships containing settlers and their families.
The British men-of-war on the station would not directly support the enterprise, and when the French landed a body of troops from Martinique to oppose him, Uring was compelled to conclude a treaty agreeing to quit St. Lucia within seven days.
A similar attempt to obtain a footing in St. Vincent's was opposed by the inhabitants, and also ended in failure, Montagu is said to have lost 40,000 pounds over the undertaking.