Maj-Gen.
James
Wolfe
Born in Westerham, Kent, England
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Wolfe
and Henrietta (Thompson) Wolfe
Died
at age 32
in Plains of Abraham, Quebec
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Biography
James Wolfe is Notable.
Maj-Gen. James Wolfe was Killed in Action during the French and Indian War.
James was born in 1727. He was the son of Edward Wolfe and Henrietta Thompson. He passed away in 1759. Remembered chiefly for his victory over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Canada in 1759, in which he was killed.
Wolfe Island, Ontario, was named after him in the 1790s. It was formerly known as Grande Isle until its purchase from the French in 1795 by Lieut. Patrick Langan and Captain David Alexander Grant.
Sources
- Marquis, Thomas. Heroes of Canada (The Copp, Clark Co., Ltd., Toronto, 1893) Page 67-73: "The Capture of Quebec"
- Wikipedia:James_Wolfe
- Wikidata: Item Q379812
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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