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 was a British general who presented a new plan of victory to help the British conquer New York in the American Revolutionary War. He said that if British troops cut off New England from the other...