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<p>The office of <b>Commander-in-Chief, North America</b> was a military position of the <a href="page.php?w=British_Army">British Army</a>.  Established in 1755 in the early years of the <a href="page.php?w=Seven_Years%27_War">Seven Years' War</a>, holders of the post were generally responsible for land-based military personnel and activities in and around those parts of <a href="page.php?w=North_America">North America</a> that Great Britain either controlled or contested.  The post continued to exist until 1775, when Lieutenant-General <a href="page.php?w=Thomas_Gage">Thomas Gage</a>,</p><p>
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