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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (5 May 1705-27 April 1782) was a Scottish nobleman and British Army general. He served as Governor of Virginia from 1756 to 1759, succeeding Robert Dinwiddie and preceding Jeffery Amherst; Loudoun County is named in his honor.
Major-General John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (5 May 1705 – 27 April 1782) was a British nobleman and army officer. Campbell inherited the peerage on the death of his father in 1731, becoming Lord Loudoun.
