THE EARL OF LOUDON.
John Campbell, son of Hugh, Earl of Loudon, was born in 1705, and
succeeded his father in the title in November, 1731. In July, 1756,
he arrived in New York with the appointment of Governor-in-chief of
Virginia, and also with the commission of Commander-in-chief of the
British forces in America, but, proving inefficient, returned to England
in 1757. He was made Lieutenant-General in 1758, and General
in 1770. He died April 27, 1782. He was succeeded by Norborne
Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, as Governor of Virginia, in 1768.
