Military officer; born in
Scotland, in 1725; was a lieutenant in a Scotch brigade in the service of the
Dutch in 1747.
He left that service in 1757, came to
America, and was at the capture of
Fort Duquesne in 1758.
He served under
Amherst in 1759, and was major-commander of the 114th Highlanders, which regiment he raised.
He was made lieutenant-colonel in 1771, and in 1775 he came to
America again, to fight the patriotic colonists.
With a corps of Royal Highland emigrants, which he raised in
Canada, he occupied
Quebec late in 1775, and rendered great service during the siege by
Montgomery.
He commanded the fort at
Penobscot in 1779, and was promoted brigadier-general after leaving
America.
He died in 1784.
