George Monro
Deceased Person
1700 – 1757
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Who was George Monro?
Lieutenant-Colonel George Monro was a Scottish-Irish soldier. He was an officer in the British Army best remembered for his resolute but ultimately unsuccessful defence of Fort William Henry in 1757 during the Seven Years' War / French and Indian War and the subsequent massacre of his garrison at the hands of France’s Indian allies. These events were made famous by James Fenimore Cooper in his novel The Last of the Mohicans.
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- Born
- 1700
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Lived in
- County Longford
- Died
- Nov 3, 1757
Albany
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on July 23, 2013
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