He was born on February 24 1722. Died in London on August 4 1792, and buried in Westminster Abbey. Further references:
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Ab British general during the American Revolution who surrendered his entire army to General Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold on October 17,1777 at the Battle of Saratoga
He did farmwork, and was homeschooled. he said his life was a fairy tale back then, so he played alot too. The new world encyclopedia book A will tell you what he did .