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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 .
Robert Monckton’s most memorable independent military command in North America was the successful campaign against the Chignecto forts, Beaus jour and Gaspereau (near Port Elgin, N.B.), in June 1755.
Jan 29, 2008 · 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 the establishment of LUNENBURG in 1753.
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 the 3rd Foot Guards.
MONCKTON, 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.
The brother of the King of England, The Duke of Cumberland led the English army against the French military leader, Marshall Saxe.
The St. John River campaign occurred during the French and Indian War when Colonel Robert Monckton led a force of 1150 British soldiers to destroy the Acadian settlements along the banks of the Saint John River until they reached the largest village of Sainte-Anne des Pays-Bas (present day Fredericton, New Brunswick) in February 1759.
