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Professional soldier who entered politics. Elected MP for Haddingtonshire (1741) and attached himself to Lord Carteret. Supported the new Administration after Walpole's fall. Voted for Hanoverians (1746) and classed as a "Granville".
Reported to have gone mad (1746) and did not seek re-election. Continued involvement in army being appointed an aide-de-camp to the king (1749) and given a regiment (1753).
Send to America (1757) but put under house arrest for speaking out against military. Court-martialed, but died before verdict announced (1760).

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