Robert Monckton
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. Monckton is also remembered for his role in a number of other important events in the
French and Indian War (the North American theatre of the
Seven Years' 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
deportation of the
Acadians from British controlled
Nova Scotia and also from French-controlled Acadia (present-day
New Brunswick). The city of
Moncton, New Brunswick, (about west of
Fort Beauséjour) and
Fort Monckton in
Port Elgin, New Brunswick, are named for him. A second more important
Fort Monckton in
Gosport, England, is also named for him. It remains an active military establishment, and currently houses the British
Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) training section. Monckton sat in the British
House of Commons between 1774 and 1782. Although never legally married, he had three sons and a daughter.
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