Ka cika wannan magana: Ya shiga Royal Navy yana ɗan shekara 13 kuma ya yi shekara 12 a ciki. 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 sojojin George I kuma ya yi yaƙi a cikin Yaƙin Nasara na Austriya, yana kasancewa a lokacin yakin basasa na Austrian.
Yaƙin Dettingen a 1743, da Yaƙin Fontenoy a 1745.