Charles Preston

Sir Charles Preston, 5th Baronet (c. 1735 - 23 March 1800) was a British Major who was stationed in Canada during the American Revolutionary War.

Guy Carleton to delay the American advance on Montreal, and Quebec.

[1] They held Fort Saint-Jean, at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, in 1775 when it came under siege by American General Richard Montgomery, and resisted multiple attacks by troops under command of Montgomery and Philip Schuyler.

[2] His troops held the fort in hopes of being rescued by reinforcements for two months before surrendering[3] on the third of November 1775.

"Constructed in 1743 by M. de Léry under orders from Governor la Galissonnière.