Robert Monckton
British army officer (1726-1782) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 55
Lieutenant-General Robert Monckton was a British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator. He had a distinguished military and political career, being second in command to General James Wolfe at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham and later being named the governor of New York.
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View of Fort Beauséjour showing the foundation of the Officers Quarters in the foreground, the modern (1930s)museum in the middle ground, and Cumberland Basin in the background. Monckton approached the fort from Aulac Ridge, which would be behind the observer.
Grand Pré: Deportation of the Acadians during the Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755)
St. John River Campaign: A View of the Plundering and Burning of the City of Grimross (present day Arcadia, New Brunswick) by Thomas Davies in 1758. This is the only contemporaneous image of the Expulsion of the Acadians.
The Death of General Wolfe by Benjamin West. Brigadier Robert Monckton is pictured standing to the left of General Wolfe and is illustrated holding his hand over his wounded chest.
An engraving based a portrait of Monckton by Thomas HudsonAbout this person
Monckton is also remembered for his role in a number of other important events in the French and Indian 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 expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia and Acadia.
