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General The Honourable
Thomas Gage
Portrait by John Singleton Copley, c. 1768
13th Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
In office 13 May 1774 – 11 October 1775
Monarch
George III
Preceded by
Thomas Hutchinson
Succeeded by
Governor's Council (acting)
John Hancock (as Governor of Massachusetts)
Commander-in-Chief, North America
In office September 1763 – June 1775
Monarch
George III
Preceded by
Jeffery Amherst
Succeeded by
Frederick Haldimand
Military Governor of Quebec
In office 1760–1763
Preceded by
François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil
Succeeded by
Ralph Burton
Personal details
Born
10 March 1718/19[1] Firle, Sussex, England
Died
2 April 1787 (aged 67–68) Portland Place, London, England
Spouse
Margaret Kemble Gage
(m. 1758)
Profession
Military officer
official
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
Kingdom of Great Britain
Branch/service
British Army
Years of service
1741–1775
1781–1782
Rank
General
Commands
80th Regiment of Light-Armed Foot
Military governor of Montreal
Commander-in-Chief, North America
Battles/wars
War of the Austrian Succession
Battle of Fontenoy
Jacobite rising of 1745
Battle of Culloden
French and Indian War
Braddock Expedition
Battle of the Monongahela
Battle of Carillon
Pontiac's Rebellion
American Revolutionary War
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Siege of Boston
Battle of Bunker Hill
General Thomas Gage (10 March 1718/19 – 2 April 1787) was a British Army general officer and colonial official best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as British commander-in-chief in the early days of the American Revolution.
Being born into an aristocratic family in England, he entered military service, seeing action in the French and Indian War, where he served alongside his future opponent George Washington in the 1755 Battle of the Monongahela. After the fall of Montreal in 1760, he was named its military governor. During this time he did not distinguish himself militarily, but proved himself to be a competent administrator.
From 1763 to 1775 he served as commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America, overseeing the British response to the 1763 Pontiac's Rebellion. In 1774 he was also appointed the military governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, with instructions to implement the Intolerable Acts, punishing Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. His attempts to seize the military stores of Patriot militias in April 1775 sparked the Battles of Lexington and Concord, beginning the American Revolutionary War. After the Pyrrhic victory in the June Battle of Bunker Hill, he was replaced by General William Howe in October 1775, and returned to Great Britain.
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