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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.
Biography of General Robert Monckton. (from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online at Libraries and Archives Canada ) MONCKTON, ROBERT, army officer and colonial administrator; b. 24 June 1726 in Yorkshire, England, second son of John Monckton, later lst Viscount Galway, and Lady Elizabeth Manners; d. 21 May 1782 in London, England.
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Jan 29, 2008 · A competent and humane soldier, Monckton was briefly considered for the command in North America, but never returned. By the time of his death, he had become a lieutenant-general. Robert Monckton, British army officer (b in Yorkshire, Eng 24 June 1726; d at London, Eng 21 May 1782). Monckton arrived in Nova Scotia in 1752 and took part in...
Colonel Robert Monckton. The Lunenburg Rebellion (also known as "The Hoffman Insurrection") was an insurrection in December 1753 by the new settlers at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, over poor living conditions as well as weariness of the Foreign Protestant settlers from repeated resettlement by the British. It was led by army captain John Hoffman ...
- mid December, 1753
- British victory: rebellion quelled.
- Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Biography of General Robert Monckton (1726-1782) Robert Monckton was the second son of John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway, and one of the most prominent British officers to participate in the wars against France in North America and Canada. He was educated at Westminster School from 1737, but left in 1741 to enter a commission as an ensign in ...
Monckton, RobertMONCKTON, ROBERT. (1726–1782). British army officer and colonial governor. Second son of the first viscount Galway and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Manners, who was the daughter of the second duke of Rutland, Monckton was educated at Westminster School from 1737.
