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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 [ edit ] Born in Scotland two years before the creation of Great Britain in which his father, Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun , was a significant figure, Campbell inherited his father's estates and ...
The regiment consisted of twelve companies, with Loudoun as colonel and John Campbell (later 5th Duke of Argyll) as lieutenant-colonel. The regiment served in several different parts of Scotland. Three of the twelve companies, raised in the south, were captured at the Battle of Prestonpans. Eight companies, under the personal command of Lord ...
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Loudoun, John Campbell, Fourth Earl of. 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. In 1755 he reached the rank of major general and in 1756 became titular governor ...
About this artwork. 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. At the battle of Prestonpans parts of his regiment were captured.
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.
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-.
