Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya shiga Royal Navy yana da shekaru 13 kuma ya yi aiki a ciki har tsawon shekaru 12. Da ya dawo Scotland an shawo kansa ya shiga mahaifinsa a cikin tashin hankali na Jacobite na 1715 kuma ya shiga cikin yakin Sheriffmuir wanda ba shi da nasara. Bayan murkushe tashin hankali an tilasta shi ya ɓoye na ɗan lokaci a cikin wani ɓoye a cikin gidan da ke kusa da Newark har sai mahaifiyarsa ta sami gafarar shi. Daga nan sai ya shiga rundunar George I kuma ya yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Nasara na Austriya, yana nan a Yaƙin Dettingen
a 1743, da kuma yakin Fontenoy a 1745.