Thomas Gage

General Thomas Gage
Portrait by John Singleton Copley, c. 1768
Governor of Massachusetts Bay
In office 13 May 1774 – 11 October 1775
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	Thomas Hutchinson
Succeeded by	Vacant (American Revolution) John Hancock (as Governor of Massachusetts)
Commander-in-Chief, North America
In office September 1763 – June 1775
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	Jeffery Amherst
Succeeded by	Frederick Haldimand
Military Governor of Quebec
In office 1760–1763
Preceded by	François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil
Succeeded by	Ralph Burton
Personal details
Born	10 March 1718/19 Firle, Sussex, England
Died	2 April 1787 (aged 67–68) Portland Place, London, England
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Margaret Kemble Gage ​ ​ (m. 1758)​
Profession	Military officer, official
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Great Britain
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1741–1775 1781–1782
Rank	General
Commands	80th Regiment of Light-Armed Foot Military governor of Montreal Commander-in-Chief, North America
Battles/wars	War of the Austrian Succession Battle of Fontenoy Jacobite rising of 1745 Battle of Culloden French and Indian War Braddock Expedition Battle of the Monongahela Battle of Carillon Pontiac's Rebellion American Revolutionary War Battles of Lexington and Concord Siege of Boston Battle of Bunker Hill

General Thomas Gage (10 March 1718/19 – 2 April 1787) was a British Army general officer and colonial official best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as British commander-in-chief in the early days of the American Revolution.

Thomas Gage, on February 20, 1773, already communicated to the governor of Louisiana, Luis de Unzaga y Amézaga 'le Conciliateur', his intention to return to the United Kingdom with his family, a fact that occurred 4 months later, in June Therefore, Gage was not present when the Boston Tea Party took place in December of that year, a city in which both Gage and Unzaga left confidants to be informed by their respective spy networks.^[1]

1. ↑ Cazorla, Frank (2019) The Governor Louis de Unzaga (1717-1793) Precursor in the birth of the United States and in liberalism. Town Hall of Malaga, pages 48, 55, 59, 68, 75-82, 88, 96, 105 113, 134, 205