Person

John Campbell, of Strachur

Scottish soldier and nobleman

b. 1727 CE – d. 1806 CE World The Atlantic Lands

General John Campbell, 17th Chief of MacArthur Campbells of Strachur (1727 – August 28, 1806) is a Scottish soldier and nobleman, who commands the British forces at the Siege of Pensacola, and succeeds Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester as Commander-in-Chief in North America in 1783 following the end of the American War of Independence.