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Home Government

Edmund Burke – Anglo-Irish statesman, orator, author, and political philosopher
King George III – King of Great Britain in 1760, at age 22, until 1820
George Germain – British lord; American Secretary, 1775—82
Earl of Hillsborough (Wills Hill) – American Secretary, 1768—72
Frederick North – British Prime Minister during the Revolutionary War

Military

John André – British officer, hung for his involvement in Benedict Arnold’s treason
John Burgoyne – British playwright, politician; general who lost the Battles of Saratoga
Henry Clinton – British general; commander-in-chief, 1778—82
Charles Cornwallis – British general, surrendered with troops at Yorktown
Richard Howe – British admiral, brother of William Howe
William Howe – Commander-in-chief of British forces, 1775—78
Banastre Tarleton – British officer of the cavalry, notorious for his exploits in the South

Military Governors

Guy Carleton – Governor of Quebec; British commander-in-chief, 1782—83
Thomas Gage – British general, Royal Governor of MA, ordered troops to Concord

Madison’s enemies came up with a strong opponent [for the House of Representatives in 1789] — his investment partner, James Monroe. Seven years younger than Madison, Monroe was tall, handsome, earnest, vigorous. He had crossed the Delaware with Washington and survived a bullet in his lungs at the Battle of Trenton; after leaving the army he had read law with Jefferson. Jefferson loved Madison, but he loved is other protégé, too. At one point he dreamed of both men moving next to him at Monticello. With such neighbors, he wrote Madison, I could ... lay myself up for the residue of life, quitting all contentions.

— Richard Brookhiser

James Madison (2011)