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Gage, Thomas, ca. 1719-1787
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ca. 1719-1787
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GAGE, HON. THOMAS, brother of William Hall Gage, 2nd Viscount Gage (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1727/8; left 1736; clerk, Southern Dept., Secretary of State’s Office, Nov 1737- c. 1741; Lieut., Col. Cholmondeley’s Regt. (afterwards 48th Foot), 30 Jan 1741; Capt. -Lieut., Battereau’s Foot (63rd Foot) 10 May 1742; Capt., 1 Jan 1743; ADC to 2nd Earl of Albemarle in Flanders 1747-8; Maj., 55th Foot (afterwards 44th Foot) 23 Feb 1748; Lieut. -Col., 2 Mar 1751; served under Braddock in North America 1751-6, wounded at Fort Duquesne; Lieut. -Col. commandant, 80th Foot 5 May 1758; commanded light infantry in Abercromby’s expedition to Ticonderoga 1758; commanded Amherst’s rear guard, with rank of Brig. -Gen., 1759-60; Governor of Montreal 1759; Maj. -Gen., 5 Mar 1761; Col., 22nd Foot, 29 Mar 1762 – Apr 1782; Commander-in-Chief, North America 1763-72; Col. in Chief, 60th Foot (Royal American Regt. ), 27 Sep - Nov 1768; Lieut. -Gen., 30 Apr 1770; returned to England 1772; again in North America as Governor of Massachusetts May 1774- Oct 1775; did not secure obedience of colonists, with whom he fought battle of Bunker’s Hill 17 Jun 1775; reappointed Commander-in-Chief, North America Aug 1775, but soon afterwards resigned and embarked for England 10 Oct 1775; Col., 17th Light Dragoons 18 Apr 1782 – Feb 1785; Gen., 20 Nov 1782; Col., 11th Light Dragoons, from 4 Feb 1785; m. 8 Dec 1758 Margaret, dau. of Peter Kemble, President of Council, New Jersey; d. 2 Apr 1787. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.