Richard Montgomery

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Continental Army officer general military officer person

Richard Montgomery was an Irish-born American Revolutionary War general best known for leading the failed 1775 American invasion of Quebec, during which he was killed in action.

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Continental Army officer → general → military officer → person →
allegiance	Great Britain → United States →
birthDate	1738-12-02 →
birthPlace	Dublin → Kingdom of Ireland →
burialPlace	St. Paul's Chapel, Manhattan →
causeOfDeath	killed in action →
commanded	Continental Army forces in the invasion of Canada (1775) →
conflict	American Revolutionary War → Seven Years' War →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain → United States →
deathDate	1775-12-31 →
deathPlace	Province of Quebec → Quebec City →
familyName	Montgomery →
givenName	Richard →
honouredIn	Montgomery County, Maryland → Montgomery County, New York → Montgomery County, Pennsylvania → Montgomery, Alabama → Montgomery, Ohio →
memberOf	Livingston family (by marriage) →
militaryBranch	British Army → Continental Army →
militaryRank	brigadier general → captain →
notableEvent	Battle of Quebec (1775) →
notableFor	being one of the first generals of the Continental Army killed in the American Revolutionary War → leading the failed 1775 American invasion of Quebec →
notableWork	American invasion of Quebec (1775) →
participatedIn	capture of Fort St. Johns (1775) → capture of Montreal (1775) →
positionHeld	brigadier general →
religion	Protestantism →
residence	Clermont, New York → Rhinebeck, New York →
spouse	Janet Livingston →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Montgomery County, Alabama → Montgomery County, Georgia → Montgomery County, Maryland → Montgomery County, Pennsylvania → Montgomery, Alabama →	namedAfter
Invasion of Quebec (1775) →	commander
Montgomery →	notableBearer