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|Dates=1734-1754
|Location=London
|Vocation=Soldier; politician
|Place of Birth=Glassaugh
|Marriage=Mary Duff
|Issue=James; Jane
|Source=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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MP for Banffshire (1734-1754).  Entered British army, quickly becoming colonel (1746).  Appointed second-in-command of British forces in North America (1756), and later served briefly as commander (1758).  Promoted to lieutenant-general (1758) and general (1772).