Richard Montgomery (2 December 1738 – 31 December 1775) was an Ulster-Scots soldier who first served in the British Army. He later became a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and he is most famous for leading the unsuccessful 1775 invasion of northeastern Quebec.
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2 December 1738 Swords, Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland
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Died |
31 December 1775 (aged 37) Quebec City, Province of Quebec, British America
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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