In the courts of Europe
George II, king of England, r. 1727–1760
George III, king of England, r. 1760–1820
Louis XV, king of France, r. 1715–1774
Philip V, king of Spain, r. 1700–1746
Ferdinand VI, king of Spain, r. 1746–1759
Charles III, king of Spain, r. 1759–1788
Maria Theresa, empress of Austria, r. 1740–1780
Frederick II (the Great), king of Prussia, r. 1740–1786
Elizabeth, empress of Russia, r. 1741–1762
Catherine II (the Great), empress of Russia, r. 1762–1796
Duke of Newcastle, British prime minister, 1754–1757
William Pitt, British prime minister, 1757–1761
Earl of Bute, British prime minister, 1761–1763
Lord Anson, first lord of the Admiralty
John Ligonier, commander in chief, British army
Marquise de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV
Duc de Choiseuil, French minister of foreign affairs
Native Americans in North America
Attakullakulla (Little Carpenter), Cherokee chief in Carolinas
Hendrick, Mohawk chief killed at battle of Lake George
Oconostota, Cherokee chief of Overhill clans
Neolin, Delaware prophet, inspired revolt against non-Indians
Pontiac, Ottawa chief at siege of Detroit
Tanaghrisson (the Half King), Seneca chief who aided Washington
Teedyuscung, Delaware leader involved with treaty of Easton
Commanders in chief of British forces in North America
Edward Braddock, 1754–1755
William Shirley, 1755–1756
Lord Loudoun, 1756–1758
James Abercromby, 1758
Jeffery Amherst, 1758–1763
Thomas Gage, 1763–1775
In the British colonies in North America
James De Lancey, lieutenant governor of New York
James Glen, governor of South Carolina
Robert Dinwiddie, lieutenant governor of Virginia
William Shirley, governor of Massachusetts
Principal British commanders in the field and on the seas
Edward Boscawen, naval operations off Louisbourg and France
Henry Bouquet, Fort Duquesne and Indian campaigns
John Bradstreet, bateaux expert, Fort Frontenac raid
John Forbes, Fort Duquesne campaign and Indian relations
Lord Howe, Abercromby’s deputy, killed in attack on Carillon
William Johnson, superintendent of Indian Affairs
James Murray, one of Wolfe’s brigadiers at Quebec, attacked Montreal
Robert Rogers, famous as ranger; doomed to other failures
Charles Townshend, one of Wolfe’s brigadiers at Quebec; politician
James Wolfe, Louisbourg and Quebec campaigns
In the French colonies in North America
Marquis de Duquesne, governor-general of New France, 1752–1755
Marquis de Vaudreuil, governor-general of New France, 1755–1760
Principal French commanders in the field and on the seas
Maximin de Bompar, naval operations in Caribbean and off France
Baron de Dieskau, commanded forces at Battle of Lake George
Comte de Bougainville, Montcalm’s trusted aide-de-camp
Marquis de Galissoniere, admiral opposing Byng off Minorca
François-Gaston de Lévis, succeeded Montcalm and defended Montreal
François-Marie le Marchand de Lignery, commandant at Fort Duquesne
Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre, commandant at Fort Le Boeuf
Marquis de Montcalm, commander in chief of French forces, 1756–1759
Pierre Pouchet, commandant at Fort Niagara