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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1727-01-02 ) 2 January 1727, Westerham , Kent
- Died
- 13 September 1759 (1759-09-13) (aged 32), Plains of Abraham , New France
- Buried
- St Alfege Church, Greenwich
- Allegiance
- Great Britain
- Branch
- British Army
- Service years
- 1740–1759
- Rank
- Major-General
- Commands
- 20th Regiment of Foot
- Relations
- Lieutenant-general Edward Wolfe (father)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Westerham
- Place of death
- Quebec City
- Occupation
- military officer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- Battle of Lauffeld
- Military branch
- British Army
- Military rank
- colonel
- Image
- James Wolfe.jpeg
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- Commons category
- James Wolfe
- date of birth
- 1727-01-03
- date of death
- 1759-09-13
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- James Wolfe
- name in native language
- James Wolfe
- writing language
- English language
- allegiance
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- start of work period
- 1740-00-00
- place of burial
- St Alfege Church, Greenwich
- P12749
- Jamaica Estates
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Encyclopedic overview
Major-General James Wolfe (2 January 1727 – 13 September 1759) was a British Army officer known for his training reforms and, as a major general, remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec, in the final moments of which he was killed in action.
The son of a distinguished general, Edward Wolfe, he received his first commission at a young age and saw extensive service in Europe during the War of the Austrian Succession. His service in Flanders and in Scotland, where he took part in the suppression of the Jacobite Rebellion, brought him to the attention of his superiors. The advancement of his career was halted by the Peace Treaty of 1748 and he spent much of the next eight years on garrison duty in the Scottish Highlands. Already a brigade major at the age of 18, he was a lieutenant-colonel by 23.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James Wolfe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.