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Old Photograph Sir John Cope House Port Seton Scotland
Old photograph of the Sir John Cope house in Port Seton, Scotland. Sir John Cope, born 1690, died 1760, was the general commanding the government forces at the Battle of Prestonpans on 21 September 1745 in Scotland. He was educated at Westminster School in England and from there joined the British Army. He rose quickly, and was appointed a Knight of the Bath for his performance in battle in Germany during the War of the Austrian Succession. In his role as Commander in Chief in Scotland, Cope was in command of the government forces at the Battle of Prestonpans and was defeated by the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie. His men broke and ran as the result of a highland charge. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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