James Wolfe

James Wolfe
Personal Details
Nicknames	The Hero of Quebec
Born	2 January 1727
Died	13 September 1759
Nationality	English
Occupation	Major General
Father	Lieutenant General Edward Wolfe
Residence	Quebec House
Military Service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1740 - 1759

James Wolfe (2 January 1727 – 13 September 1759) was a British Army officer remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec as a major general.

Popular Culture

Appearances

Variants

The following list is of explicit appearances of James Wolfe.

Year	Name	Appearance	Notes
1896	General James Wolfe	The Seats of the Mighty, author Gilbert Parker	An historical novel depicting the English conquest of Quebec.
1957	General Wolfe	Wolfe and Montcalm	Wolfe was portrayed by William Needles, and Montcalm was portrayed by Alan Mills.
2000	James Wolfe	Canada: A People's History, episode "A Question of Loyalties"	Wolfe was portrayed by Robert Joy. Louis-Joseph de Montcalm was portrayed by Guy Nadon, Sir Guy Carleton was portrayed by Nigel Bennett, Sir Isaac Brock was portrayed by Stephen McHattie, and Tecumseh was portrayed by Lorne Cardinal.
2004	General James Wolfe	New France	Wolfe was portrayed by Jason Isaacs. Tim Roth portrayed William Pitt and Colm Meaney portrayed Benjamin Franklin.
2017	James Wolfe	Canada: The Story of Us, "Worlds Collide (Pre-1608 - 1759)"	Portrayed by Jordan Gray.

Mentions

The following list is of various mentions of James Wolfe in fiction and popular culture.

Year	Name	Appearance	Notes
1908	Wolfe	The Old Loyalist, author A. R. Davis	After fleeing the United States following the American Revolutionary War, James Clinton brought Moses Brown to the Plains of Abraham, and told him of Wolfe's defeating Montcalm.

Links

• James Wolfe on Wikipedia
• James Wolfe on the Canadian Encyclopedia