Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mugore rokugadzwa kwake, akaiswa naamaiguru vake kumhuri yaigara muBothal, Northumberland, uye kupfurikidza nepesvedzero yaMambokadzi Caroline, akagadzwa kuva mufundisi wamambo pazera ramakore 25 bedzi. Muna 1739, semugari wenhaka yaasekuru vake, William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan, uyo akange atora chikamu cheminda yake yePerthshire kuti agadzire gadziriro yemwanakomana wechipiri wemhuri yeKinnoull, akatora zita uye zvombo zveDrummond. Semupirisita wamambo, akawana kuvimba nekuremekedzwa kwaGeorge II, waakapinda naye panguva yekurwisa kweGerman kwa1743, uye musi wa7 Chikunguru wegore iroro akaparidza mharidzo yekuonga yekukunda kweDettingen
pamberi pamambo paHanau. Paakadzokera kuEngland akapinda muchigaro cheprebendal paWestminster, kwaakange agadzwa nemubatsiri wake wamambo muna Kubvumbi apfuura. Musi wa9 June 1745, akabvuma BD uye DD paOxford.