John Campbell, of Strachur 17th Clan Chief of the MacArthur Campbells of Strachur | |
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Born | 1727 Argyll, Scotland |
Died | 28 August 1806 (aged 78 or 79) Argyll, Scotland |
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Rank | General |
Commands | Commander-in-Chief, North America |
Battles/wars | Jacobite rising of 1745 War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War American Revolutionary War |
General John Campbell, 17th Chief of MacArthur Campbells of Strachur (1727 – 28 August 1806) was a Scottish soldier and nobleman, who commanded the British forces at the Siege of Pensacola, and succeeded Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester as Commander-in-Chief in North America in 1783 following the end of the American War of Independence.
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