Brigadier-General Edward Whitmore (1691 – 10 December 1761) was a British soldier who served in Europe and North America.

Biography

He was born in

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in 1691, a son of Arthur Whitmore of

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, England. He served in the

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, and was made lieutenant-colonel of the 36th Regiment of Foot in 1747. He was promoted in July 1757, colonel of the 22nd Regiment of Foot, and next year was made brigadier general. He was at the Siege of Louisburg in 1758, and, after the surrender of the town, was left there as military governor. On a voyage to

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in December 1761, the ship put into

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harbor to seek shelter from contrary winds. On 10 December 1761, near Plymouth, Whitmore, going on deck at midnight, accidentally fell overboard and drowned. His body was taken up next morning near the ''Gurnet'', and carried to Boston in the same vessel. He was buried on 16 December 1761 in the

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References

Attribution * This work in turn cites: ** Richard Brown, ''History of the Island of Cape Breton'' (London, 1869) **

Francis Parkman Francis Parkman Jr. (September 16, 1823 – November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of '' The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life'' and his monumental seven-volume '' France and England in North Am ...

, ''

Montcalm and Wolfe ''Montcalm and Wolfe'' is the sixth volume in Francis Parkman's seven-volume history, '' France and England in North America'', originally published in 1884. It tells the story of the French and Indian War. Its title refers to Louis-Joseph de Montc ...

'' (Boston, 1885) ** William H. Whitmore, ''Old State-House Memorial'' (Boston, 1887) 1691 births 1761 deaths Military personnel from York British Army personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession British military personnel of the French and Indian War British Army brigadiers Cheshire Regiment officers Worcestershire Regiment officers Deaths by drowning Accidental deaths in Massachusetts Burials in Boston {{UK-army-bio-stub