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Edward Braddock (January 1695 – 13 July 1755) was a British officer and commander-in-chief for the Thirteen Colonies during the start of the French and Indian War (1754–1763), the North American front of what is known in Europe and Canada as the Seven Years' War (1756–1763).
William Darke (1736 – November 26, 1801) was an American soldier who served with British forces before the Revolutionary War. He served with British regulars commanded by Major General Edward Braddock in his 1755 expedition to the French-controlled Ohio Valley, as part of the French and Indian War.
The Congress or Council of Alexandria was a 1755 meeting of Major-General Edward Braddock, commander-in-chief of the British Army in North America and governors of five of the constituent colonies. These were Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia , Horatio Sharpe of Maryland , Robert Hunter Morris of Pennsylvania , William Shirley of Massachusetts and ...
William Shirley 8th and 9th Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay In office 14 August 1741 – 11 September 1749 Preceded by Jonathan Belcher Succeeded by Spencer Phips (acting) In office 7 August 1753 – 25 September 1756 Preceded by Spencer Phips (acting) Succeeded by Spencer Phips (acting) Governor of the Bahamas In office 1760–1768 Preceded by John Gambier (acting) Succeeded by ...
Henry (born ~1736–1772) [1] who served as a captain under Major General Edward Braddock in the French and Indian War and under Lieutenant Colonel George Washington. Lived at Hunting Quarter in Sussex County. Robert (born ~1738) [1] Charles (b. ~1740 – d. 1793) who was colonel of the 1st Continental Artillery Regiment. [1]
Major-General Edward Braddock (1695—1755), Commander-in-Chief, North America; Brigadier Bill Bradford (1912—1996), CO 153rd (Highland) Infantry Brigade; Brigadier-General Roland Boys Bradford (1892–1917), CO 186th (2/2nd West Riding) Brigade; General Sir Thomas Bradford (1777—1853), Commander-in-Chief, Bombay Army
Joshua Reynolds, Robert Orme, 1756.Oil on canvas. National Gallery, London. [1] The death of General Braddock as imagined in a nineteenth-century engraving [2]. Captain Robert Orme (c. 1725 – 1781/1790) was a British Army officer who took part in the Battle of the Monongahela on 9 July 1755 at the beginning of the French and Indian War, during which he was injured.
3 Personal life and legacy. ... Early life Cockrill was born ... He emigrated to the United States with Major General Edward Braddock. [1] Career