George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe

career officer and a Brigadier General in the British Army

1725 CE to 1758 CE

George Augustus Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe (c. 1725 – July 6, 1758) is a career officer and a Brigadier General in the British Army.

He is described by James Wolfe as "the best officer in the British Army".

He is killed in the French and Indian War in a skirmish the day before the Battle of Carillon, an ultimately disastrous attempt by the British to capture French-controlled Fort Carillon.

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