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Brigadier General Thomas Stanwix (1670 – 14 March 1725) was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1702 to 1725. He served as Governor of Gibraltar. Career. Stanwix joined the Army and had become a captain-lieutenant in Hasting's Foot Regiment by 1692.
Thomas Stanwix, Governor: 13 July 1713 Spain cedes Gibraltar to Great Britain in the Treaty of Utrecht: 13 July 1713 to 7 August 1713: Brigadier-General Thomas Stanwix, Governor: 7 August 1713 to 20 October 1720: General The Earl of Portmore, Governor: 20 October 1720 to 2 February 1727: Richard Kane, Governor: 2 February 1727 to 13 ...
El general Thomas Stanwix (1670 - 14 de marzo de 1725) fue un oficial y político británico. Diputado de la Cámara de los Comunes de 1702 a 1725, ocupó el cargo de Gobernador de Gibraltar entre 1711 y 1713. Biografía. Stanwix fue militar de carrera.
Brigadier General Thomas Stanwix (1670 – 14 March 1725) was a British Army officer, politician and Governor of Gibraltar. Career. Stanwix joined the Army and had become a captain-lieutenant in Hasting's Foot Regiment by 1692. [1] In March 1702 he was elected Member of Parliament for Carlisle. [1]
- Early Life and Family
- Pontiac's War
- Siege of Fort Pitt
- Treaty of Fort Stanwix
Little is known about the exact date of his birth or death. Turtleheart was possibly the brother of Wolf Clan Chief Custaloga (Packanke) and perhaps the father or uncle of Captain Pipe, called Konieschquanoheel and also known as Hopocan. In 1763 he lived in the Lenape village of Shaningo located on a tributary of Big Beaver Creek. In the Journal of...
A.E. Ewing, descendant of Indian captive John Ewing, writes that "the new moon or 'Pontiac moon' of May, (13) 1763, had blood on it. The Algonquinchieftains, in secret council near Detroit, summoned by king Pontiac April 27, 1763, agreed to attack all the English posts recently surrendered by the French. A certain phase of the moon in May was to be...
Indians attacked Fort Pitt on June 22, 1763. Too strong to be taken by force, the British-held fort was kept under siege throughout July. William Trent's Journal entry states that On June 24, "The Turtles Heart a principal Warrior of the Delawares and Mamaltee a Chief came within a small distance of the Fort. Mr. McKee went out to them and they mad...
Turtleheart and Killbuck would represent the Delaware Nation at the Treaty of Fort Stanwixin 1768. The Treaty of Fort Stanwix was held by Sir William Johnson, Baronet, with the Six Nations: Shawanese, Delawares, Senecas of Ohio and other dependant Tribes, at Fort Stanwix in the months of October & November 1768, for the settlement of a Boundary Lin...
Brigadier General Thomas Stanwix (1670 – 14 March 1725) was a British Army officer, politician and Governor of Gibraltar. Stanwix joined the Army and had become a captain-lieutenant in Hasting's Foot Regiment by 1692. In March 1702 he was elected Member of Parliament for Carlisle. He was...
A cartographic journey through the siege of Fort Stanwix and the Battle of Oriskany
