Charles Preston

Sir Charles Preston, 5th Baronet (c. 1735 - 23 March 1800) was a British Major who was stationed in Canada during the American Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War

See also: Siege of Fort St. Jean

He was ordered by Gen. Guy Carleton to delay the American advance on Montreal, and Quebec. He was in command of 662 men of the 26th Regiment, engineers, Canadians, and Indians.^[1] They held Fort St. Jean, at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, in 1775 when it came under siege by American General Richard Montgomery, and resisted multiple attacks by troops under command of Montgomery and Philip Schuyler.^[2] His troops held the fort in hopes of being rescued by reinforcements for two months before surrendering^[3] on the third of November 1775.^[4][5]

After the war

On his return to Valleyfield, Fife, in 1784, he became Member of Parliament for Dysart, from 1774-1790.^[6][7]

References

1. ^ Mary Beacock Fryer (1986). Battlefields of Canada. Dundurn Press Ltd.. ISBN 9781550020076. http://books.google.com/books?id=Gto0-ldL3UgC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=Charles+Preston+canada&source=bl&ots=sjiymmb9qH&sig=bunIiN30YPD7QWxrnxgGSDhDQjI&hl=en&ei=bhLZSobkO4ySMYG68N8H&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CCEQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
2. ^ Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles And Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century. 3. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 880–881. ISBN 978-0313335365. http://books.google.com/books?id=sbMFCZyAcnQC&pg=PA880&lpg=PA880&dq=%22Charles+Preston%22+major+fort&source=bl&ots=kG0_h3dNca&sig=pCjNnv5VWOFSmXO3KxytxcfReJU&hl=en&ei=SdXOSt3uIJCXlAft44SpCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Charles%20Preston%22%20major%20fort&f=false. Retrieved October 9, 2009. 
3. ^ A History of the American Revolution, John R. Alden. 1969: Da Capo Press, Inc. Accessed through Google Books, October 8, 2009.
4. ^ Morrissey, Brendan. Quebec 1775: the American invasion of Canada Osprey Pub. Oxford:2003. p38. Accessed through Google Books, October 8, 2009.
5. ^ W. J. Wood, John S. D. Eisenhower (2003). Battles of the Revolutionary War: 1775-1781. Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306813290. http://books.google.com/books?id=MqFOjwrsp20C&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=sir+Charles+Preston+canada&source=bl&ots=Vi2yUAjH8F&sig=6TwUKOuAP3KY1QS17gYXz9kRPv0&hl=en&ei=uRjZSvTREoLCNrvUmOUH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CCQQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
6. ^ "Preston", Scottish Crests
7. ^ "Po-Py", Baronetage

External links

• "The Invasion of Canada and Siege of Quebec", Royal Fuzileers, Robert B. Stewart, 2006

Persondata
Name	Preston, Charles
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	1800
Place of death

This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Cameronians officers Year of birth uncertain 1800 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia British Army personnel stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Charles Pressley Smith Charles Prestwood Lucas Look at other dictionaries: Charles Preston Wickham — Wickham in 1887 Charles Preston Wickham (September 15, 1836–March 18, 1925) was a 19th century congressman and judge from Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. Wickham attended the public schools, the Norwalk Academy, and the Cincinnati Law School. He was …   Wikipedia Charles P. Nelson — Charles Preston Nelson Born Baltimore, Maryland Died Philadelphia Naval Hospital, Philadelphia Allegiance …   Wikipedia Charles P. Cary — Charles Preston Cary (1856–1943) was an American educator. Born in Marshall, Ohio, Cary went to Ohio Central Normal School and worked in education in Ohio, Kansas, and Nebraska. In 1893, he moved to Wisconsin and was the head of the Milwaukee… …   Wikipedia Preston Baronets — There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Preston, two in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, one in the Baronetage of England and another in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.The Preston Baronetcy, of Airdrie in the… …   Wikipedia Charles Frohman — Frohman in 1914 Born July 15, 1856(1856 07 15) Sandusky, Ohio, U.S. Died May 7, 1915 …   Wikipedia Charles B. Holt House — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia Charles Merritt — Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt Photo of Charles Merritt from The Times Member of the Canadian Parliament for Vancouver Burrard In office 1945–1949 Preceded by …   Wikipedia Preston Hopkins Leslie — Preston Leslie Preston Hopkins Leslie (* 8. März 1819 im heutigen Clinton County, Kentucky; † 7. Februar 1907 in Helana, Montana) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker und Gouverneur des …   Deutsch Wikipedia Charles A. Busiel — Charles Albert Busiel (November 24, 1842 – August 29, 1901), born at Meredith, New Hampshire, the son of John W. and Julia (Tilton) Busiel,[1] was an American manufacturer and politician from Laconia, New Hampshire. He started his political… …   Wikipedia Charles Wesley Weldon McLean — Born 1882 Saint John, NB Died …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”