, Entered army (1690); quartermaster general to [Missing XREF c-churchill64117]; distinguished himself at Blenheim (1704) and in crossing at Oudenarde and at Ramillies (1706); lieutenant general (1709). Under Jacobite party, resigned rank and emoluments (1712); restored to lieutenant generalship under [Missing XREF c-guelph64719] (1714); lieutenant of ordnance (1714-18); waged last campaign against Jacobite insurrection (1715-16); general (1717), commander in chief (1722).