Person:Henry Monckton (1)

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Henry Monckton
b.13 Jul 1740
d.28 Jun 1778
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  1. Henry Monckton1740 - 1778
  2. Edward Monckton1744 - 1832
  3. Mary Monckton1746 - 1840
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Name Henry Monckton
Gender Male
Birth[1] 13 Jul 1740
Death[1] 28 Jun 1778 Combatant of Monmouth
Burial[2] Monmouth, New Jersey, United StatesOld Tennent Churchyard
Reference Number? Q5725934?


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Henry Monckton (13 July 1740 – 28 June 1778) was the fourth son of John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway, and the younger half-brother of the more famous Robert Monckton.

During the American Revolutionary War he led a battalion of converged British grenadiers while a lieutenant colonel. He was wounded at Long Island during the New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776. He led a temporary brigade at Assunpink Creek. In the Philadelphia campaign of 1777, he led a grenadier battalion at both the Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of Germantown.

He was killed leading his soldiers at the Battle of Monmouth on 28 June 1778.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Henry Monckton, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ Henry Monckton, in Find A Grave.
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