Magra, Perkins
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Epithet: Consul at Tunis
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001032.0x00009f
British Army officer and consul at Tunis.
From the description of Papers, 1768-1830. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019084
Richard Montgomery was born in Swords, Ireland, on December 2, 1738, the son of Baronet Thomas Montgomery and Mary Franklin. He briefly studied at Trinity College, Dublin, but left in 1756 to join the 17th Regiment of Foot. He served in Canada and the Caribbean during the Seven Years' War and was promoted to captain. Montgomery, who sympathized with North American colonists, moved to rural New York in 1772. He married Janet Livingston in 1773; they moved to Rhinebeck, New York, where Montgomery purchased a mill and planned to build a house. In May 1775, he became a member of the New York Provincial Congress, and he received an appointment as brigadier general in the Continental Army that June. Montgomery became the sole commander of the invasion of Canada, where he oversaw the capture of St. Johns, Chambly, and Montréal. Major General Richard Montgomery was killed during the Battle of Québec on December 31, 1775.
Perkins Magra was a career officer in the British Army. He served in the 16th Regiment of Foot during the Seven Years' War and was later a lieutenant, captain, and brevet major for the 17th Regiment of Foot. After going on half pay in the 88th Regiment of Foot, he served as a household officer for the Duke of Sussex. In 1797, Magra was British consul at Tunis.
From the guide to the Montgomery collection, [1769], 1774-1775, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan)
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- Brun Guide
- Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
- Diplomatic and consular service, British
- Gage Maps
- Manuscript maps
- Maps shelf
- Pirates
- Sexually transmitted diseases
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Places:
- London, England (as recorded)
- Italy, Europe (as recorded)
- Tripoli, Lybia (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Tunis, Tunisia (as recorded)
- Gibraltar, Spain (as recorded)
- Regensburg, Germany (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Minorca, Spain (as recorded)
- Majorca, Spain (as recorded)
- Lagos, Portugal (as recorded)
- Tripoli, Lybia (as recorded)
- Morea, Greece (as recorded)
- Thetford, counties Norfolk and Suffolk (as recorded)
- Lunéville, France (as recorded)
- Capua, Italy (as recorded)
- Cadiz, Spain (as recorded)
- Port Mahon, Minorca (as recorded)
- Portsmouth, Hampshire (as recorded)
- Novi, Sardinia (as recorded)
- Herculaneum, Italy (as recorded)
- Smyrna, Turkey (as recorded)
- Alexandria, Egypt (as recorded)
- Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
- Badajoz, Spain (as recorded)
- Portugal (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Sicily, Italy (as recorded)
- Carthage (Extinct city) (as recorded)
- Naples and Sicily, Kingdom of, Italy (as recorded)
- Michigan (as recorded)
- Azores, North Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
- Malta, Europe (as recorded)
- Alfaques, Spain (as recorded)
- Barcelona, Catalonia (as recorded)
- Boston (Mass.) History Siege, 1775-1776. (as recorded)
- Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
- Barfleur, France (as recorded)
- Naples, Bay of, Italy (as recorded)
- Antigua, the Carribean (as recorded)
- Italy, Europe (as recorded)
- St. Elmo, Naples (as recorded)
- Vesuvius, Italy (as recorded)
- Corfu, the Ionian Islands (as recorded)
- Tripoli, Lybia (as recorded)
- Ajaccio, Corsica (as recorded)
- Procida, Italy (as recorded)
- Malta, Europe (as recorded)
- Aboukir, Egypt (as recorded)
- Valetta, Malta (as recorded)
- Capri, Italy (as recorded)
- Bocas Islands, Trinidad (as recorded)
- Sorrento, Italy (as recorded)
- St. Domingo, West Indies (as recorded)
- Tunisia (as recorded)
- Trieste, Italy (as recorded)
- Germany, Europe (as recorded)
- Austria, Europe (as recorded)
- West Indies, America (as recorded)
- Mediterranean Region (as recorded)
- St. Elmo, Naples (as recorded)
- Brest, France (as recorded)
- Sardinia, Italy (as recorded)
- Great Britain (as recorded)
- Tunis, Tunisia (as recorded)
- Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
- Alexandria, Egypt (as recorded)
- Mediterranean Sea, Europe (as recorded)
- Malta, Europe (as recorded)
- Brest, France (as recorded)
- Gozo, Malta (as recorded)
- Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Mich.) (as recorded)
- Zafarin Islands, Morocco (as recorded)
- Liverpool, Lancashire (as recorded)
- Malta, Europe (as recorded)
- Algiers, Africa (as recorded)
- Palermo, Sicily (as recorded)
- Gaeta, Italy (as recorded)
- Jamaica, Central America (as recorded)
