Robert Monckton

Robert Monckton (24 June 1726 – 21 May 1782) was an officer of the British army and a colonial administrator in British North America. He had a distinguished military and political career, being second in command to General Wolfe at the battle of Quebec and later named the Governor of the Province of New York. Monckton is also remembered for capturing Fort Beausejour, and the island of Martinique, as well as his role in the deportation of the Acadians from British controlled Nova Scotia (because of their refusal to swear an unqualified oath of loyalty to the British Crown), and also from French controlled Acadia (present day New Brunswick) during the early part of the French and Indian War (the North American theatre of the Seven Years War). The city of Moncton, New Brunswick, (about 50 km west of Fort Beausejour) and Fort Moncton are named for him.