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Spanish invasion of Portugal. General John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (5 May 1705 – 27 April 1782) was a Scottish nobleman and British army officer.
7 de may. de 2024 · About this artwork. John Campbell was born at Loudoun Castle, near Galston. A professional soldier, he raised a regiment of Highlanders to fight the Jacobites during the 1745 Rising. He served as adjutant-general to Sir John Cope, commander-in-chief of the government forces. At the battle of Prestonpans parts of his regiment were captured.
LOUDOUN, JOHN CAMPBELL, FOURTH EARL OF. (1705–1782). British general. He entered the army as a cornet in 1727 and succeeded to his title in 1731. He was at Dettingen (1743) and fought against the Jacobites in 1745–1746.
28 de abr. de 2022 · Major-General John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (5 May 1705 – 27 April 1782) was a British nobleman and army officer. Early career. Campbell inherited the peerage on the death of his father in 1731, becoming Lord Loudoun. The earl raised a regiment of infantry that took part in the Jacobite Rising of 1745 on the side of the Hanoverian government.
- May 5, 1705
- April 27, 1782
JOHN CAMPBELL, 4TH EARL OF LOUDOUN 23 On 13th May, 1747, the regiment embarked at Burntisland for Flanders where it joined the Duke of Cumberland but not until after his defeat at Laffeldt on 2nd July. It distinguished itself at Bergen-op-Zoom but at the peace of 1748 returned home and was reduced at Perth in June of the same year.
‘John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun’ was created in c.1750 by Allan Ramsay in Rococo style. Find more prominent pieces of portrait at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
Abstract. This article provides a comparative analysis of the tenure of John Campbell, fourth earl of Loudoun, as a regional commander in the Scottish Highlands during the Jacobite uprising of 1745–6 and as commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America from January 1756 to December 1757.
