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Entered the Army (1727); Governor, Stirling Castle (1741); ADC to King George II (1743-1745); As Colonel, raised a regiment fo Highlanders (1745) but all twoelve companies were taken prisoner by Jacobites at Battle fo Prestonpans in September 1745; beaten when in command of 3,500 men by Prince Charles Edward Stuart on Dornock Firth and obliged to flee into mountains (20 March 1746).
Colonel, 30th Foot (1749-1757); Major General (1755); Colonel in Chief, 60th Rifles (Royal Americans) 1755-1757; Governor General, Province of Virginia and Commandre in Chief of Forces in America, where the French had taken Ontario and Oswego (early 1756); prepared to besiege Louisburg, but as he was both unpopular and dilator, was recalled (1757); Lieutenant General (1758); second in command under Lord Tyrawley, and Commander in Chief when troops sent to Portugal against Spain (1762); Governor fo Edinburgh Castle 91763-1782); General (1771); Colonel, 30th Foot (1770-1782).
Freemason, Grand Master, Premier Grand Lodge [nicknamed the 'Moderns' founded 1717] 1736 |