 Boyle Roche entered the army at an early age , and served in the so @-@ called American war ( that is , the American portion of the Seven Years ' War ) . There are reports of a Lieutenant Boyle Roche in Rogers ' Rangers who was captured by the French during The Battle on Snowshoes ( near what is now Lake George , New York in March 1758 ) and later returned to his regiment . It is possible that Roche served with Wolfe at the Siege of Quebec in 1759 ; it is a certainty that he distinguished himself in 1762 during the capture of El Morro in Havana . By 1770 he had become a major in the 28th Foot . He was knighted for his bravery at El Morro in 1776 . 
