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General John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (5 May 1705 – 27 April 1782) was a Scottish nobleman and British army officer. Early life and career.
7 de may. de 2024 · 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.
Earl of Loudoun, named after Loudoun in Ayrshire, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for John Campbell, 2nd Lord Campbell of Loudoun, along with the subsidiary title Lord Tarrinzean and Mauchline.
Campbell began his military career in 1745 when he was appointed lieutenant in John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun’s Highlanders. He served in the British Army and saw action during the Jacobite Rising of 1745 and was promoted to captain two years later.
Earl of Loudoun (pronounced "loud-on" / ˈ l aʊ d ən /), named after Loudoun in Ayrshire, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1633 for John Campbell, 2nd Lord Campbell of Loudoun , along with the subsidiary title Lord Tarrinzean and Mauchline .
John Campbell, Fourth Earl of Loudoun (5 May 1705 - 27 Apr 1782) was the only son of Hugh Campbell, Third Earl of Loudoun (b. before 1684 - 20 Nov 1731) and Lady Margaret Dalrymple (1677 - Apr 1777). Campbell gained peerage as Earl of Loudoun upon his father's death in 1731.
