John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun ( 1705 - 1782 )

Birth: 05 May 1705 Death: Loudoun Castle, Ayrshire (27 April 1782) Career: Entered the Army (1727); Governor, Stirling Castle (1741); ADC to King George II (1743-1745); As Colonel, raised a regiment fo Highlanders (1745) but all twoelve companies were taken prisoner by Jacobites at Battle fo Prestonpans in September 1745; beaten when in command of 3,500 men by Prince Charles Edward Stuart on Dornock Firth and obliged to flee into mountains (20 March 1746).