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On 27 March, Montgomery was indicted for murder. He was held in prison pending trial, [4] which took place in November–December 1770, in Boston. John Adams, who would later become President of the United States, was his attorney. Montgomery and fellow soldier Matthew Kilroy were both found guilty of manslaughter on 5 December. They returned ...
[23] [24] The soldiers were Corporal William Wemms and Privates Hugh Montgomery, John Carroll, William McCauley, William Warren, and Matthew Kilroy, accompanied by Preston. They pushed their way through the crowd. Henry Knox took Preston by the coat and told him, "For God's sake, take care of your men.
A large crowd soon gathered around them. After Private Hugh Montgomery was struck by a club, Montgomery shouted, "Damn you, fire!" Kilroy then pointed his gun at rope-maker Samuel Gray, who, depending on the source, said, "damn you, don't fire!" [2] or "They dare not fire." [3] Kilroy then fired the shot that killed Gray.
Hugh Montgomery was born in 1720 in Ireland to James Montgomery, Sr and Ann (nee Thompson) Montgomery. Montgomery secretly carried on a love affair with Catherine Mary Moore, (due to her being a woman of noble birth and he lesser so). [1]
Sir Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of the Great Ards (c. 1560 – 15 May 1636) was an aristocrat and a soldier, known as one of the "founding fathers" of the Ulster-Scots along with Sir James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye. Montgomery was born in Ayrshire at Broadstone Castle, near Beith. He was the son of Adam Montgomery, the 5th ...
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Montgomery obtained the pardon but in August 1604 Hamilton discovered the plan for the land. James Fullerton, now Sir James and an advisor to King James, convinced the king that the lands were too large to be split in two and should be divided into three, with one-third going to his associate Hamilton; the king agreed. [ 8 ]
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