Montgomery

(mont-gum'ür-e,) a co. of England, in N. Wales, b. E. by Salop, and W. by Cardigan; area, 755 sq. m.; C. Montgomery. Pop. 67,789. Montgomery, RICHARD, an American general, B. in Ireland, 1736. In 1772 he resigned his commi ion in the British service, and settled in Dutche co., N. Y., representing it in the Continental Congre , 1775. As brigadier in the national army he took Montreal, and wa skilled in the a ault on Quebec, Dec., 1775. [s. 615]