An maye gurbinsa a matsayin kwamandan a Scotland da farko ta Roger Handasyd, sannan Henry Hawley, wanda kuma ya shawo kan zargin Highland a
Falkirk Muir a cikin Janairu 1746. Cope ya ci gaba da iyawarsa na yin abokai a manyan wurare; ta hanyar gayyatar shi zuwa liyafar jama'a, George II ya nuna goyon bayansa na sirri. An gwada shi ta kotun soja a shekara ta 1746, duk jami'an uku sun wanke, Kotun ta yanke hukuncin shan kashi ne saboda 'rashin kunya na sojoji masu zaman kansu'.