Robert Monckton
British military leader, governor of New York
Died when: 55 years 331 days (670 months)Star Sign: Cancer
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Lieutenant-General Robert Monckton (24 June 1726 – 21 May 1782) was an officer of the British Army and colonial administrator in British North America.He had a distinguished military and political career, being second in command to General James Wolfe at the battle of Quebec and later being named the Governor of the Province of New York.
Monckton is also remembered for his role in a number of other important events in the French and Indian War (the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War), most notably the capture of Fort Beauséjour in Acadia, and the island of Martinique in the West Indies, as well as for his role in the deportation of the Acadians from British controlled Nova Scotia and also from French-controlled Acadia (present-day New Brunswick).
The city of Moncton, New Brunswick, (about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Fort Beauséjour) and Fort Monckton in Port Elgin, New Brunswick, are named for him.
A second more important Fort Monckton in Portsmouth, England, is also named for him.It remains an active military establishment, and currently houses the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) training section.
Monckton sat in the British House of Commons between 1774 and 1782.Although never legally married, he raised and was survived by three sons and a daughter.
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