Benjamin Goldthwait (1704–1761) was a British army officer who served in

King George's War King George's War (1744–1748) is the name given to the military operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). It was the third of the four French and Indian Wars. It took place primarily in ...

and the

French and Indian War The French and Indian War, 1754 to 1763, was a colonial conflict in North America between Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and Kingdom of France, France, along with their respective Native Americans in the United States, Native American ...

. He fought in the

Siege of Louisbourg (1745) The siege of Louisbourg took place in 1745 when a New England colonial force aided by a British fleet captured Louisbourg, the capital of the French province of Île-Royale (present-day Cape Breton Island) during the War of the Austrian Succ ...

(along with his brother Joseph). He arrived in

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in 1746 and then fought in the Battle of Grand Pre. He then fought during the

in the

Battle of Fort Beauséjour The Battle of Fort Beauséjour was fought on the Isthmus of Chignecto and marked the end of Father Le Loutre's War and the opening of a British offensive in the Acadia/Nova Scotia theatre of the Seven Years' War, which would eventually lead to t ...

. His half-brother was Col. Thomas Goldthwait, commander at

Fort Pownall Fort Pownall was a British fortification built during the French and Indian War, whose remains are located at Fort Point State Park in Stockton Springs, Maine. The fort was named for Governor Thomas Pownall, who oversaw its construction. It ne ...

(1763–1775). His brother, Ezekiel Goldthwait, was a prominent businessman in Boston with loyalist feelings, but who was also one of those who engaged lawyer James Otis, Jr. to challenge the British in the

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case of 1761.Miller, John C. ''Origins of the American Revolution,'' pp 46-7, Little, Brown & Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1943.

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Military Records Benjamin Goldthwait
People of Father Le Loutre's War British military personnel of the French and Indian War 1704 births 1761 deaths Military personnel from Boston British America army officers {{British-Army-bio-stub