James Wolfe

b. 02 Jan 1727

d. 13 Sep 1759

Famously died after the victory over French troops at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec, 1759. Wolfe's ODNB entry notes his appearances in the Lyon in Mourning, as well as Steuart of Allanton's contribution to Wolfe's mythology, on the basis of a story taken from the Lyon in Mourning (specifically Replies by Rev. James Hay to Bishop Forbes's queries).

Name

forename	James
surname	Wolfe
reg	James Wolfe

affiliation

Brigade major and aide-de-camp to , British Army

occupation

Soldier (officer)(03 Nov 1741)

sex

Male

Languages Known

English

Links

Variant Names

Major Wolfe (4)
- Copy, taken from the Hand-writing of the forementioned Thomas Bowdler, Esqr, of what he wrote from the Mouth of his Sister, the foresaid Mrs Gordon. (v08.1812.01)
One of his Aid de Camps (1)
- Copy of the forementioned Letter to Sister Jane Bowdler (v08.1804.01)
Wolf (1)
- Copy of the forementioned Letter to Sister Jane Bowdler (v08.1804.01)
the Major (1)
- Copy, taken from the Hand-writing of the forementioned Thomas Bowdler, Esqr, of what he wrote from the Mouth of his Sister, the foresaid Mrs Gordon. (v08.1812.01)

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