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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.
- 5 May 1705, Scotland
- British Army
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.
authority to do so being granted to John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, who had entered the Army as a cornet in 1727 and had been appointed Aide-de-Camp to George II in July, 1743. The regiment, known as Loudoun's Highlanders and consisting of 1,250 men, was soon raised, 750 assembling at Inverness and the rest at Perth, the officers' com-
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.
- May 5, 1705
- April 27, 1782
General John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (5 May 1705 – 27 April 1782) was a Scottish nobleman and British army officer. Contents. Early life and career. Seven Years' War. North America. Benjamin Franklin's anecdotes of Lord Loudon. Portugal. Later life. See also. References. External links. Early life and career.
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