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

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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) **

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, '' Montcalm and Wolfe'' (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 {{UK-army-bio-stub