Sir William Pepperrell, 1st Baronet was an American merchant and soldier in colonial Massachusetts. He is widely remembered for organizing, financing, and leading the 1745 expedition that captured the French fortress of Louisbourg during King George's War. He owned a number of enslaved people and was considered one of the richest people in America.
1746, by John Smybert
c. 1905 postcard of the William Pepperrell House, Kittery, Maine
Pepperall at the Siege of Louisberg
Sir William Pepperrell, 1st Baronet (not the subject of this article, but his adopted heir) and his family, by John Singleton Copley, 1778.
Siege of Louisbourg (1745)
The siege of Louisbourg took place in 1745 when a New England colonial force aided by a British fleet captured Louisbourg, the capital of the French province of Île-Royale during the War of the Austrian Succession, known as King George's War in the British colonies.
The landing of troops from New England on the island of Cape Breton ton to attack Louisbourg, Unknown author
The Capture of Louisburg, 1745 by Peter Monamy
New England troops during the siege
The Capture of Louisburg, 28 June 1745