John Campbell, of Strachur

John Campbell, of Strachur 17th Clan Chief of the MacArthur Campbells of Strachur
Portrait of Strachur, 1790
Born1727
Argyll, Scotland
Died28 August 1806 (aged 78 or 79)
Argyll, Scotland
Allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Service / branch British Army
RankGeneral
CommandsCommander-in-Chief, North America
Battles / warsJacobite rising of 1745
War of the Austrian Succession
Seven Years' War
American Revolutionary War

General John Campbell, 17th Chief of MacArthur Campbells of Strachur (1727 – 28 August 1806) was a Scottish soldier and nobleman, who 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.