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Richard Montgomery

1738 - 1775

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Richard Montgomery (2 December 1738 – 31 December 1775) was an Irish-born American army officer. First serving in the British Army, he later became a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and is most famous for leading the unsuccessful 1775 invasion of Quebec. Montgomery was born and raised in Ireland to an Ulster-Scots family. In 1754, he enrolled at Trinity College Dublin, and two years later joined the British army and served in the French and Indian War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Montgomery is the 1,206th most popular military personnel (up from 1,237th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 109th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Richard Montgomery ranks 1,206 out of 2,058. Before him are David Stirling, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, Yang Kyoungjong, Katō Yoshiaki, Matteo I Visconti, and Nikolai Linevich. After him are Presian, William Brown, Wilhelm Batz, Stjepan Sarkotić, Johann von Aldringen, and Rash Behari Bose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, Richard Montgomery ranks 19. Before him are Johann Hermann, Aleijadinho, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Thomas Nelson Jr., Jacques François Dugommier, and Benjamin West. After him are John Singleton Copley, Jacques Delille, Jacques-André Naigeon, Leopold Hofmann, Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau, and Matvey Kazakov. Among people deceased in 1775, Richard Montgomery ranks 10. Before him are Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Paul of the Cross, Prithvi Narayan Shah, Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, Zahir al-Umar, and Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. After him are John Baskerville, Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Ahmad Shah Bahadur, François-Hubert Drouais, Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, and Egidio Duni.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Richard Montgomery ranks 133 out of 549. Before him are Patrick Pearse (1879), Aidan Gillen (1968), Constantine III of Scotland (971), George Allman (1812), Pat McDonald (1878), and Edward Bransfield (1785). After him are Niall Horan (1993), William Brown (1777), Anne de Mortimer (1390), Arthur Griffith (1871), Arthur Johnson (1879), and Charles Villiers Stanford (1852).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ireland

Among military personnels born in Ireland, Richard Montgomery ranks 3. Before him are Peter Lacy (1678), and Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883). After him are William Brown (1777), George Browne (1698), John de Robeck (1862), Alan Cunningham (1887), Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833), Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779), and Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet (1864).

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