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Thomas Gage, 1st Viscount Gage (c. 1695 – 21 December 1754) of High Meadow, Gloucestershire and later Firle Place, Sussex, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons as a Whig for 33 years between 1717 and 1754.
Thomas Gage (Firle, Sussex Oriental; 1719-isla de Pórtland, Dorset; 2 de abril de 1787) fue un militar británico, que alcanzó el grado de general. Se le conoce especialmente por ser el comandante en jefe de las tropas del Ejército británico destinadas en los actuales Estados Unidos entre 1763 y 1775, es decir, durante los primeros años de ...
Early life and military career. Gage was the second son of the 1st Viscount Gage. He entered the army in 1741 and fought in Flanders during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48) but was recalled to England to combat the final Jacobite rebellion (1745–46).
General Thomas Gage (10 March 1718/19 – 2 April 1787) was a British Army general officer and colonial official best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as British commander-in-chief in the early days of the American Revolution.
Viscount Gage, of Castle Island in the County of Kerry of the Kingdom of Ireland, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1720 for Thomas Gage, along with the subsidiary title of Baron Gage, of Castlebar in the County of Mayo, also in the Peerage of Ireland.
Thomas Gage was born March 10, 1718 or 1719 in Firle, Sussex, England. Born to an aristocratic family, his father was 1st Viscount Gage and his mother was Benedicta Maria Teresa Hall. The Gage family had been seated in Sussex since the 15th century.
13 de jun. de 2019 · Thomas Gage (March 10, 1718 or 1719–April 2, 1787) was a British Army general who commanded troops during the beginning of the American Revolution. Prior to this, he served as the colonial governor of Massachusetts Bay.
