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Roger Morris (28 January 1727 – 13 September 1794) was a colonel in the British Army who fought in the French and Indian War. ==Life and career== Morris was born in England on 28 January 1727, the third son of Roger Morris of Netherby, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, by his first wife, the fourth daughter of Sir Peter Jackson He become a captain in the 48th Regiment of Foot. The regiment served at Falkirk and Culloden, and in Flanders. Morris came to America with General Edward Braddock and served as his aide-de-camp. He was wounded during Braddock's Defeat near Fort Duquesne in western Pennsylvania. Transferred to the 35th Regiment of Foot in 1758, Morris served in Fort Frederick in Nova Scotia; he led the Cape Sable Campaign against the Acadians. Morris joined the Louisbourg Grenadiers (a special corps made up of the Grenadiers of the 22nd, 40th and 45th Regiments〔(40th Regiment of Foot, Grenadier Company - French and Indian War )〕) during General James Wolfe's invasion of French controlled Quebec where he participated in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham on 13 September 1759. During the battle the Louisbourg, Grenadiers suffered a loss of fifty-five killed and wounded.〔(The 40th Regiment of Foot in North America - The Seven Year War Website - French and Indian War )〕 In May 1760, Morris was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the 47th Regiment of Foot shortly after the Battle of Sainte-Foy, and participated in General Jeffrey Amherst's assault and capture of Montreal on 8 September 1760 ending French rule in North America. Morris retired from the army in 1764 and settled in New York City with his American wife, Mary Philipse, who he had married in 1758. Eldest daughter of Frederick Philipse, second Lord of Philipsburg Manor, she had been a possible love interest of George Washington,〔(Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site website ): *On 14 March 1757, Joseph Chew began writing a series of letters to George Washington, starting the legend of a Washington/Mary Philipse doomed love. The Washington half of the correspondence has not been found: * *14 March 1757: "I am now at Mr. Robinson’s, he, Mrs. Robinson and his Dear Little Family are all well and they desire their Compliments to you. Pretty Miss Polly is in the same Condition & situation * as you saw her." * * *13 July 1757: "As to the Latter part of your Letter what shall I say? I often had the Pleasure of Breakfasting with the Charming Polly. Roger Morris * was there (don’t be startled) but not always; you know he is a Lady’s man…" * * *13 July 1757: "I intend to set out to-morrow for New York where I will not be wanting to let Miss Polly know the sincere Regard a Friend * of mine has for her and I am sure if she had my Eyes to see thro she would Prefer him to all others" * The following year Morris had a large mansion named "Mount Morris" (today the Morris-Jumel Mansion) built in northern Manhattan in what is now the Washington Heights neighborhood.〔(Morris-Jumel Mansion website )〕 Situated on Coogan's Bluff, its vista included lower Manhattan, the Hudson River and its Palisades, the Bronx, Westchester, the Long Island Sound and the Harlem River.〔("Morris-Jumel Mansion" ) on the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation website〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History/Architecture )〕 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「Roger Morris (British Army officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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