Henry Monckton
Henry Monckton | |
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| Born | 13 July 1740 |
| Died | 28 June 1778 (aged 37) Freehold Borough, New Jersey |
| Allegiance | Great Britain |
| Branch | British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
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Henry Monckton (13 July 1740 – 28 June 1778) was the fourth son of John Monckton, 1st Viscount Galway, and the younger half-brother of the more famous Robert Monckton.
During the American Revolutionary War he led a battalion of converged British grenadiers while a lieutenant colonel. He was wounded at Long Island during the New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776. He led a temporary brigade at Assunpink Creek. In the Philadelphia campaign of 1777, he led a grenadier battalion at both the Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of Germantown.
He was killed leading his soldiers at the Battle of Monmouth on 28 June 1778.