John Campbell of Strachur

This article is about the British general. For other people of the same name, see John Campbell (disambiguation).

General

John Campbell of Strachur
1790 portrait of Campbell
Born1727
Argyll, Scotland
Died28 August 1806 (aged 78 or 79)
Argyll, Scotland
AllegianceGreat Britain
United Kingdom
BranchBritish Army
RankGeneral
CommandsCommander-in-Chief, North America
ConflictsJacobite rising of 1745
War of the Austrian Succession
Seven Years' War
American Revolutionary War

General John Campbell of Strachur (1727 – 28 August 1806) was a British Army officer. Campbell 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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