1727-1759. British soldier. He fought at the
battles of Dettingen, Falkirk, and Culloden.
With the outbreak of the Seven Years' War
(the French and Indian War in North America),
he served in Canada and played a conspicuous
part in the siege of the French stronghold of
Louisburg 1758. He was promoted to
major-general 1759 and commanded a victorious
expedition against Montcalm in Quebec on the
Plains of Abraham, during which both
commanders were killed. The British victory
established their supremacy over Canada.