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Scottish generals

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William Wallace

Scottish knight and leading figure in the First War of Scottish Independence

Robert I of Scotland

King of Scotland (1306–1329)

Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

British senior officer during the First World War (1861-1928)

medieval Scottish nobleman and soldier

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose

Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1612-1650)

James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton

Scottish nobleman (1658-1712)

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll

Governed Scotland during Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1607-1661)

James Douglas, Lord of Douglas

Scottish knight

Scottish general

Gregor MacGregor

British soldier, adventurer and confidence trickster (1786-1845)

Scottish general, diplomat and writer

James Abercrombie

British Army general (1706-1781)

British/Scottish politician and historian (1769-1833)

Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven

Scottish soldier in Dutch, Swedish and Scottish service (1580-1661)

Sir Fitzroy MacLean, 1st Baronet

Scottish soldier, writer and politician (1911-1996)

John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee

Scottish general (1648-1689)

John Erskine, 23rd Earl of Mar

Scottish general (1675-1732)

George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney

Scottish nobleman and field marshal

Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet

Scottish soldier and colonial administrator

John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair

British diplomat (1673-1747)

Hector MacDonald

British Army general from the Black Isle, Scotland (1853–1903)

David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark

Scottish cavalry officer (1600-1682)

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly

Scottish nobleman (1514-1562)

Lord George Murray

Scottish Jacobite general

Jacobite and General in the American Revolutionary War

Alasdair Mac Colla

Scottish knight

Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar

Scottish nobleman

British soldier notable for commands in the Peninsular War and the Crimean War

Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun

British Army general (1785–1853)

George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton

Scottish nobleman and soldier

Tam Dalyell of the Binns

Scottish general

British army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross

Herbert Taylor MacPherson

British general and recipient of the Victoria Cross (1827–1886)

Scottish General

David Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven

Scottish aristocrat, politician, and soldier (1660-1728)

Patrick Ruthven, 1st Earl of Forth

Scottish nobleman, general, and diplomat

British Army general