General+Gage

General Gage By: Madeline General Thomas Gage was born in 1719 or 1720 and died on April 2nd 1787. Oddly, he died not because of war, but because of illness. His wife(Margret Kimble Gage) out lived him by almost 37 years! Unfortunately his wife was suspected of feeling sympathy for the patriots, even though her husband was a British General. After failing to resolve the Siege of Boston, General Gage was replaced by General Howe on October 1775 and decided to return to Britain. He joined the during the French and Indian war and stayed in the army until he was released of his duties. His actions did play a role in starting the war so I suspect that he was never even close to becoming a neutralist. In 1760 he took the title of military governor. In 1763-1775 he served as the commander in chief of the British forces. I bet he was very proud of that! Like I said earlier he failed to do what was suspected so was relieved and went back to Britain. He had 2 sons and 3 daughters. All 3 of his daughters married into well known families. Henry (one of his sons) became one of the wealthiest men in England. Thomas (the other son) went on to achieve modest fame in the field of botany.