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Richard Montgomery (December 2, 1738 – December 31, 1775) was an Irish-born 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 failed 1775 invasion of Canada. Montgomery was born and raised in Ireland. In 1754, he enrolled at Trinity College, Dublin, and two years later joined the British Army to fight in the French and Indian War. He steadily rose through the ranks, serving in North America and then the Caribbean. After the war he was stationed at Fort Detroit during Pontiac's War, following which he returned to Britain for health reasons. In 1773, Montgomery returned to the Thirteen Colonies, married Janet Livingston, and began farming. When the American Revolutionary War broke out, Montgomery took up the Patriot cause, and was elected to the New York Provincial Congress in May 1775. In June 1775, he was commissioned as a brigadier general in the Continental Army. After Phillip Schuyler became too ill to lead the invasion of Canada, Montgomery took over. He captured Fort St. Johns and then Montreal in November 1775, and then advanced to Quebec City, where he joined another force under the command of Benedict Arnold. On December 31, he led an attack on the city, but was killed during the battle. The British found his body and gave it an honorable burial. It was moved to New York City in 1818. ==Early life== Montgomery was born near Swords in the north of County Dublin in Ireland. He was born into an Ulster Scots gentry family from County Donegal. His father, Thomas Montgomery, was a former British Army officer and a Member of Parliament for the 'rotten borough' of Lifford in East Donegal, which nonetheless returned two members to the Irish Parliament at College Green.〔Gabriel p. 17〕 He was a brother of Colonel Alexander Montgomery (1720–1800) and a cousin of Colonel Alexander Montgomery (1686–1729), both Members of Parliament for County Donegal. Another first cousin was an M.P. for County Monaghan, also named Alexander Montgomery (died 1785). The Montgomerys were the East Donegal branch of the Clan Montgomery. Richard Montgomery spent most of his childhood at Abbeville House in Kinsealy, near Swords, in County Dublin, where he learned to hunt, ride, shoot, and fence.〔 Thomas Montgomery made sure that his sons received a good education; Richard attended the school of the Rev. Saumarez Dubourdieu in Leixlip, and learned French, Latin, and rhetoric. Richard Montgomery entered Trinity College in 1754.〔Trinity College Alumni lists; Edith Mary Johnston-Liik, A history of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, Vol. V, Thomas Montgomery (UHF, 2002); A history of Abbeville House, Eneclann for Sherry FitzGerald (2013).〕 Despite his great love of knowledge, Montgomery did not receive a degree.〔Gabriel p. 19〕 He was urged by his father and his oldest brother Alexander to join the military, which he did on September 21, 1756.〔Shelton p. 16〕 His father purchased an ensign's commission for Montgomery, who joined the 17th Regiment of Foot.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Montgomery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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