, Served at Battle of the Boyne (1690) under William of Orange; created earl of Orkney (1696); major general (1702); lieutenant general (1704); distinguished himself at Blenheim (1704), capturing 13,000 men and officers; led pursuit after Ramillies (1706); prominent at Oudenard (1707); opened attack at Malplaquet (1709); representative peer of Scotland (from 1707); governor of Virginia (1714); field marshal (1736).