1) "Richard Montgomery (December 2, 1738 – December 31, 1775) was an Irish-born soldier who first served in the British Army. He later became a brigadier-general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and he is most famous for leading the 1775 invasion of Canada. Montgomery was born and raised in Ireland. In 1754, he enrolled at Trinity College, Dublin, and two years later joined the British army to fight in the French and Indian War. He steadily rose through the ranks, serving in North America and then the Caribbean. After the war he was stationed at Fort Detroit during Pontiac's Rebellion, following which he returned to Britain for health reasons. In 1773, Montgomery returned to the Thirteen Colonies, married Janet Livingston, and began farming. When the American Revolutionary War broke out, Montgomery took up the Patriot cause, and was elected to the New York Provincial Congress in May 1775. In June 1775, he was commissioned as a Brigadier General in the Continental Army. After Phillip Schuyler became too ill to lead the invasion of Canada, Montgomery took over. He captured Fort St. Johns and then Montreal in November 1775, and then advanced to Quebec City where he joined another force under the command of Benedict Arnold. On December 31, he led an attack on the city, but was killed during the battle. The British found his body and gave it an honorable burial." "Place of birth Swords, Dublin, Ireland Place of death Quebec, Canada" "The United States Navy has named a number of ships USS Montgomery over the years, including a frigate that was begun in 1776, and burned before completion to prevent its capture by the British. In Philadelphia, there is a statue of Montgomery in Fairmount Park, near the Philadelphia Museum of Art. - Places Fort Montgomery, a massive masonry fortification mounting 125 guns on Lake Champlain was named for the General. Its construction begun in 1844, it was designed to guard the strategically important frontier between Canada and the United States; only ruins remain today. Montgomery has several places named after him. Counties named for him are to be found in Missouri, Arkansas, Montgomery County, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New York, Virginia, and Montgomery County, Kentucky. Cities and towns named for him most notably include Alabama's state capital, as well as Montgomery, Minnesota, a township in New Jersey, and a village in New York. A high school in Rockville, Maryland bears his name, and a mansion in Barrytown, New York was constructed in 1803 and named in his honor by his widow." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Montgomery 2) "WHICH IS the unknown Dubliner who is one of the United States’ greatest military heroes and has given his name to cities and counties in 16 American states? Maj Gen Richard Montgomery died in December 1775 in the American War of Independence when he was killed leading an attack through deep snow on the British forces in Quebec. He was the highest-ranking officer in the American colonists’ Continental Army to die in the war. Montgomery was born in 1738 at Swords." Source and further information: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0714/1224250637876.html