Sir William Pepperrell, Baronet

Sir William Pepperrell, Baronet (born June 27, 1696, Kittery, Massachusetts [now in Maine, U.S.]—died July 6, 1759, Kittery) was a colonial American merchant, politician, and soldier who in 1745 commanded land forces that, with a British fleet, captured the French fortress of Louisbourg (in present-day Nova Scotia). For this exploit in King George’s War, he was created a baronet (1746), the first man born in one of the 13 colonies to be so honoured. He...