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Richard Montgomery (
December 2,
1738 –
December 31,
1775) was an
Irish-
American soldier who served as a
major general in the
Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War.
Birth and service
He was born in Swords,
County Dublin,
Ireland, the son of Thomas Montgomery (a member of
Parliament) and Mary Franklin Montgomery.
Montgomery was commissioned into the
17th Foot in 1756. He served in the
Seven Years' War in both
Canada and the
Caribbean. He was promoted to
Lieutenant in 1758 and
Captain in May
1762. In 1763, when peace was concluded, he went with his regiment to the
Province of New York. Two years later, the regiment returned to
England.
Montgomery associated with the Whig members of Parliament, who generally supported the colonists in their demands for more political freedom.
On
April 6,
1772, he sold his Army commission and decided to move back to
New York. He bought a sixty-seven acre (270,000 m²) farm at King's Bridge in what is now the
Borough of The
Bronx of
New York City.
On
July 24,
1773, Montgomery married Janet Livingston, sister of
Robert R. Livingston, a prominent New Yorker who was later on the committee that drafted the
Declaration of Independence. He then moved to his wife's farm near
Rhinebeck, which was to be his home for the few remaining years of his life.
American Revolution
In 1775, although having resided in New York just three years, he was elected to the
New York Provincial Congress.
Montgomery was commissioned as a brigadier general in the
Continental Army on June 22, 1775 and a major general on December 9, 1775. He led an army into Canada (
Invasion of Canada), where he captured two forts and the city of
Montreal.
Death
He was killed while
attempting to capture the city of
Quebec during a fierce snow storm on
31 December 1775. The British recognized his body and provided him with an honourable burial. In 1818, his body was moved to
New York City and interred at St. Paul's Chapel.
Legacy
Places named after Richard Montgomery include:
- Montgomery, New Jersey
- Montgomery County, Missouri
- Montgomery, Alabama (state capital)
- Montgomery, Minnesota
- Montgomery County, Illinois
- Montgomery County, Indiana
- Montgomery County, Maryland
- Montgomery County, Ohio
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- Montgomery, Vermont
- Montgomery County, New York
- Montgomery County, Virginia
- Montgomery County, Arkansas
- Richard Montgomery High School
- Montgomery County, Kentucky
- Montgomery Place - A mansion and historical landmark in Rhinebeck, New York, open to the public. It was acquired by Richard Montgomery's widow in 1802 and named in memory of her late husband.
- Montgomery (village), New York
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