Margaret Kemble Gage

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historical figure person socialite

Margaret Kemble Gage was an American-born socialite of the colonial era, best known as the wife of British General Thomas Gage and for later speculation that she may have secretly warned American patriots of British military plans before the Revolutionary War.

Aliases (1)

Thomas Gage ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical figure → person → socialite →
allegedRole	possible informant to American patriots → possible source of leak of British plans for Lexington and Concord →
associatedEvent	American Revolutionary War → Battles of Lexington and Concord →
birthPlace	British America → New Jersey Colony →
countryOfCitizenship	Great Britain →
culturalIdentity	Anglo-American →
ethnicOrigin	American colonial →
familyName	Gage → Kemble →
gender	female →
givenName	Margaret →
historicalInterest	subject of biographies and historical articles →
historicalReputation	figure of intrigue in Revolutionary War lore →
historicalUncertainty	exact role in warning patriots is unproven →
languageSpoken	English →
maritalStatus	married →
marriageAlliance	Kemble family–Gage family →
nationality	British →
notableFor	association with early events of the American Revolutionary War → being the wife of British General Thomas Gage → speculation that she warned American patriots of British military plans →
portrayedAs	loyal wife of a British general in other accounts → sympathetic to American cause in some accounts →
regionOfActivity	Massachusetts Bay Colony → New York Colony → Thirteen Colonies →
residence	Boston → London → New York City →
socialCircle	American colonial elites → British military officers →
socialStatus	member of colonial elite →
sourceOfInformation	Revolutionary-era anecdotes → later historical speculation →
spouse	Margaret Kemble Gage → Thomas Gage →
spouseOccupation	British Army general →
spousePosition	Commander-in-Chief, British forces in North America → Military Governor of Massachusetts Bay →
timePeriod	American Revolutionary era → colonial America →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Thomas Gage → Thomas Gage →	spouse