Margaret Kemble Gage (1734–1824) was the wife of General Thomas Gage, who led the British Army in Massachusetts in the American Revolutionary War. She was born in New Brunswick, Province of New Jersey and lived in East Brunswick Township. She died in England in 1824. Family life and descendants Margaret Kemble was the daughter of Peter Kemble, a wealthy New Jersey businessman and politician, and Gertrude Bayard; the granddaughter of Judge Samuel Bayard (b. 1669) and Margaretta Van Cortlandt (b. 1674); and the great-granddaughter of Mayor of New York City Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Gertrude Schuyler. She married Thomas Gage on December 8, 1758, at her father's 1200-acre Mount Kemble Plantation in New Jersey (where years later generals William Smallwood and Anthony Wayne were quartered in his modest wood-framed mansion, while the Continental Army encamped at Jockey Hollow during the brutal winter of 1779–80). Following the outbreak of the American Revolution, Margaret Kemble Gage sailed from Boston to England in the summer of 1776 on a ship carrying military widows, orphans, and 170 soldiers who were badly wounded in the Battle of Bunker Hill. She was joined by her husband a few months later, who was recalled after the failure of his attempts to resolve divisions with the colonists either by reconciliation or military action. Together with their children, the couple settled in a Portland Place address in London. Margaret outlived Thomas Gage by 36 years. The couple had eleven children, and their first son, the future 3rd Viscount Gage, was born in 1761. Gage's daughter, Charlotte Margaret Gage, married Admiral Sir Charles Ogle. Descendants of Kemble Gage include: Lieutenant General Sir John Paul Foley (1939) retired British general Henry Hodgetts-Foley (1828–1894) former member of Parliament Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon (1808–1884) British peer and politician John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886–1946) British military officer and commander of the British Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War II up to the Battle of Dunkirk. Gabriella Wilde (1989–) British model and actress Her brother, Stephen Kemble, was a lieutenant-colonel in the British Army during the Revolution. She was portrayed by Emily Berrington in the television miniseries Sons of Liberty. Role in American Revolution Some historians feel that Margaret Kemble Gage may have been instrumental in causing the first shots to be fired in the American Revolution (the Battle of Lexington and Concord). In the days leading up to the battle,