Thomas Gage

Thomas Gage was born in Sussex, England 1721. He was the second son of the Viscount Gage. He joined the british army. In 1754 he was sent to America. Late in 1758 he married a daughter of Peter Kemble. In 1760 Thomas Gage became the military governor of Montereal and the surrounding area. In 1763 he became the command in chief of the British army in America. Gage would be in America until the harsh time would be over and parliament would keep imposing taxes during this time to the American colonies. 

Thomas Gage established troops at Boston. After the Boston Massacre he returned to England.In 1774 he became governor Massachusttes. He sent British troops to seize patriot supplies in the battles of Lexington and Concord the 19 April 1775, motivating even more the Am. Revolution. Following the Battle of Bunker Hill the 17 June 1775, he was recalled to England and blamed for allowing the American colonies to rebel. He became general in 1782. He died in England, April 2, 1787.