Montgomery, Richard

Montgomery, Richard, 1738?–1775, American Revolutionary general, b. Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland. After entering the British army, he was sent (1757) to Canada in the French and Indian Wars and saw action at Louisburg, Ticonderoga, and Montreal before participating in operations against Martinique and Havana (1762). In 1772, he sold his army commission and returned from Great Britain to America. He settled near New York City and married (1773) a daughter of Robert R. Livingston (1718–75). An opponent of British colonial policy, he was (1775) a member of the New York provincial congress. In the same year he became brigadier general in the Continental army and replaced Philip J. Schuyler as commander of the Montreal expedition in the ill-fated Quebec campaign. After taking Montreal, he joined Benedict Arnold and was killed (Dec. 31, 1775) in the assault on Quebec.

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Montgomery, Richard (1738–75) soldier; born in County Dublin, Ireland. Commissioned in the British army in 1756, he saw service in America during the French and Indian War, then resigned to settle in America (1773). He married the daughter of the wealthy New Yorker, Robert Livingston (1718–75), and supported the patriots in their resistance to Britain. He became a brigadier general in the Continental army in June 1775, and as second in command in Gen. Philip Schuyler's expedition to Canada, he led the forces that captured Montreal. He lost his life during the assault on Quebec on December 31.